Interoperability

Patient Access API

As mandated by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the CHRISTUS Health Plan Patient Access API meets the specification as outlined in the CARIN Consumer Directed Payer Data Exchange (CARIN IG for Blue Button) Implementation Guide and the DaVinci Payer Data Exchange (PDex) US Drug Formulary Implementation Guide which conforms to the technical standard for data exchange via secure API.

CHRISTUS Health Plan has contracted with HealthTrio to manage and support the Patient Access API. Instructions on how to get started are provided by clicking the FHIR API link. Developers should be familiar with HL7 FHIR APIs and understand how APIs work.

Please note that the mandate requires this information to be publicly available. Should you have questions regarding the HL7 FHIR API standards or requirements, please refer to the CARIN Consumer Directed Payer Data Exchange (CARIN IG for Blue Button) Implementation Guide and DaVinci Payer Data Exchange (PDex) US Drug Formulary Implementation Guide.

Should you have questions regarding the CHRISTUS Health Plan FHIR API, please contact HealthTrio by clicking the FHIR API link and following the instructions. CHRISTUS Health Plan does not support developer-specific questions.

CHRISTUS Health - US Family Health Plan (USFHP) beneficiaries will not be able to access their CHRISTUS data through this specific HealthTrio API.

Provider Directory API 

As mandated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the CHRISTUS Health Plan Provider Directory API meets the specification as outlined in the DaVinci PDEX Plan-Net Implementation Guide and conforms to the technical standard for data exchange via FHIR API. 

CHRISTUS Health Plan has contracted with HealthSparq to manage and support the Provider Directory API.  Instructions on how to get started are provided by clicking the FHIR API link. Developers should be familiar with HL7 FHIR APIs and understand how APIs work. 

Please note that the mandate requires this information to be publicly available. Should you have questions regarding the HL7 FHIR API standards or requirements, please refer to the Da Vinci PDEX Plan-Net Implementation Guide.

Should you have questions regarding the CHRISTUS Health Plan FHIR API, please contact HealthSparq by clicking the FHIR API link and following the instructions. CHRISTUS Health Plan does not support developer-specific questions.