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CarePreauth

Represents the details of preauthorizations for care under a member’s plan.

Supported Calls

create(), delete(), describeLayout(), describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve(), search(), undelete(), update(), upsert()

Fields

EffectiveFrom

Type: date
Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description: The date from which this preauthorization is effective.

EffectiveTo

Type: date
Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description: The date after which this preauthorization is no longer effective.

LastReferencedDate

Type: datetime
Properties: Filter, Nillable, Sort
Description: The timestamp for when the current user last viewed a record related to this record.

LastViewedDate

Type: datetime
Properties: Filter, Nillable, Sort
Description: The timestamp for when the current user last viewed this record. If this value is null, it’s possible that this record was referenced (LastReferencedDate) and not viewed.

MemberPlanId

Type: reference
Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Sort
Description: The ID of the member plan for which this preauthorization is being provided.

Name

Type: string
Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description: The name of this preauthorization.

Notes

Type: textarea
Properties: Create, Nillable, Update
Description: Notes about this preauthorization.

PayerId

Type: reference
Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description: The ID of the payer covering the cost of this treatment.

PreauthIdentifier

Type: string
Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description: An identifier provided by the insurance company for preauthorization of a service.

ReferringPhysician

Type: string
Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description: The name of the doctor who referred the member for this treatment.

SourceSystem

Type: string
Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description: The name of the system this preauthorization record was obtained from.

SourceSystemIdentifier

Type: string
Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description: The ID of this preauthorization record on its source system.

SourceSystemModified

Type: dateTime
Properties: Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description: The date on which this preauthorization was last changed on its source system.

Status

Type: picklist
Properties: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description: The status of this preauthorization record. The default the picklist
Possible values:
- Active
- Inactive

Associated Objects

This object has the following associated objects. Unless noted, they are available in the same API version as this object.

CarePreauthChangeEvent (API version 60.0): Change events are available for the object.
CarePreauthFeed: Feed tracking is available for the object.
CarePreauthHistory: History is available for tracked fields of the object.
CarePreauthOwnerSharingRule: Sharing rules are available for the object.
CarePreauthShare: Sharing is available for the object.