Interoperability

administrative standard

CMS APIs: CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization API Readiness

Prepare payer, provider, and prior-authorization workflows for API-based evidence packets while retaining payer/trading-partner approval and no-guarantee reimbursement boundaries.

Statusprofile-selection-required
StewardCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Profiles5
Linked contracts0

Versions and profiles

Deployment scope must be selected and verified before live exchange.

01Patient Access API
02Provider Access API
03Payer-to-Payer API
04Prior Authorization API
05deployment-specific payer policy
Capabilities

Approved exchange scope

  • coverage and prior-authorization context
  • payer evidence packets
  • missing-documentation review
  • status and decision metadata
Evidence

Required conformance artifacts

  • payer API scope
  • synthetic prior-auth fixture
  • human RCM review
  • policy-source attribution
  • audit trail
Controls

Required before live use

  • payer-specific validation
  • no autonomous submission
  • no reimbursement guarantee
  • coding review
  • legal and customer approval

Contract bindings

Connector contracts using this standard.

Primary sources

Official references retained for implementation review.