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Care Services Review and Response

These RESTful APIs support data elements required for ANSI X12 278 format Health Care Services Review and Response. Also referred to as ANSI 278 Authorization APIs, they enable payer organizations to electronically receive prior authorization requests and referral requests from providers. Other users of these APIs can be healthcare providers, payers, plan sponsors, or other entities involved in health care services review, such as clearinghouses.

User Permissions Needed
To access care services APIs Health Cloud Utilization Management Permission Set

These APIs facilitate communication between two parties for the following cases:

  • Appeals
  • Drug Requests
  • Admissions
  • Healthcare Service Requests
  • Referrals
  • Complaints
  • Grievances
Care Services Review Requests (POST, PATCH)
Depending on the type of care service review request (drug request, prior authorization, and so on), and the content of the request body, this API creates one or more records for Case, CareRequest, CareRequestExtension, CareRequestDrug, CareRequestItem, or CareRequestDiagnosis..

The following diagram shows what happens when you make a POST request to this API, to create a care services review request.

Diagram explaining what happens when a care services review request is triggered.
Care Services Review Requests (GET)
You can get Care Services Review Response for one or more care service review requests, by either using their Salesforce IDs or external source system IDs. Use section query parameter to have granular filters. Some examples of valid values in section are, Subscriber, Patient, CareDiagnoses, CareRequestItems, CareRequestDrugs, TransportLocations, CareRequest, or CareRequestCase.