Eligibility API - find out the Opt-in status for a group or physician

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ksloii

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Oct 23, 2019, 1:36:50 PM10/23/19
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Hi,

Does the Eligibility API provide a method to find out the opt-in status for a group or physician?

Thanks,
King

Christopher Szeluga

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Oct 24, 2019, 1:14:42 PM10/24/19
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Hi King,

Documentation on a specific endpoint for checking the opt-in status will be added to the Eligibility Mini-Site shortly. However, an opt-in eligible flag is already added to places like the Eligibility lookup tool and the authenticated eligibility screens for authorized users of specific clinicians or practices.

Chris

ksloii

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Nov 5, 2019, 1:05:40 PM11/5/19
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Thanks Chris!

SRIDHAR G

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Nov 5, 2019, 11:11:28 PM11/5/19
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Hi Sarah,

Please confirm if below statements are true regarding Opt-in API

Eligible: either using QPP eligibility tool available on qpp.com or a public eligibility  API call, a provider/practice is MIPS eligible.

1. If provider/practice are eligible to submit MIPS data, a qualified registry can submit their data through Measumentsets API endpoint with out making Opt-in API call.
2. If provider/practice wants to opt-in, they can log in to their EIDM (qpp) account and opt-in through UI, then a qualified registry can submit their data  through Measumentsets API endpoint with out making Opt-in API call.
3. It’s not mandatory for a qualified registry to develop Opt-in API functionality for 2019 reporting year. 

Thanks 

Sridhar
Population Health Analytics 
eClinicalworks 

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Satyajeet Aparadh

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Nov 14, 2019, 6:29:50 AM11/14/19
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Hello Sarah,

I have a few scenarios on which I need your inputs. 

Consider there are 2 providers, Provider A and Provider B. 
Provider A MEETS all 3 conditions of low volume threshold and is hence eligible

Provider B DOES NOT MEET ANY of the 3 conditions of the low volume threshold and is hence not eligible. 

What will be the API response if we check the Opt-in eligibility status of these 2 providers
1. Will the API provide any error for each of these cases?
2. Will the API return isoptineligible as false? 

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Andrew Limburg

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Nov 14, 2019, 11:30:40 AM11/14/19
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Christopher Szeluga,

Currently the it appears that the Eligibility API / Lookup Tool only works for NPIs.  Per the documentation that was released on 11/5, it indicates that we could check status and Opt-In at the Group Level via the Eligibility API.  Is this Group Level Opt-In / Check Status part of an upcoming release?

Thank you,
Andrew Limburg
Part of a Qualified Registry



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Christopher Szeluga

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Nov 14, 2019, 11:41:50 AM11/14/19
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Hi Andrew,

We recently released documentation outlining the GET /opt-in status endpoint, which allows you to check the opt-in status for a particular TIN/NPI or TIN. You can use your Registry JWT with this endpoint.


This endpoint is available in the developer preview environment but is not enabled in production yet.

Thanks!
Chris

SRIDHAR G

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Nov 18, 2019, 5:16:28 PM11/18/19
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H Sarah,

Can you please confirm below questions
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Sarah White

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Nov 19, 2019, 4:01:36 PM11/19/19
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Hi Sridhar,

1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. Only if you are not submitting for an LVT Opt In eligible provider and they do not make a decision. Registries could also log in to the QPP website using their registry credentials and submit a file for such a provider that way. At that point in time the UI would prompt you to make an Opt In decision. So technically, no you don't have to develop the API call, you could go through the UI.

Andrew Limburg

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Nov 21, 2019, 5:43:28 PM11/21/19
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Chris,

Thank you for that info.

Just had one of our developers try to use that endpoint and it is requiring a token.

Please provide guidance on how we can use the endpoint or how we can get a token.

As we are getting to the end of the year, this is pretty urgent.

Thank you,

Andrew Limburg

Kevin Perdue

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Nov 22, 2019, 10:08:54 AM11/22/19
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Hi Andrew,

For me this GET endpoint is working fine.  I am using our registry api token (production), not our developer preview token.  If needed, one way to retrieve is the same place in the UI where your devpre token is on qpp.cms.gov.  In the drop down there should be an option for “Download API Token” (above “Download Developer Preview Token”).  Disregard that this is on the "2018" performance feedback registry dashboard page, that's just where it is.


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Using the following, for example, works fine for getting eligibility status through the API. Just replace with your desired TIN(s), TIN/NPI(s), and your registry API token where needed:


curl GET "https://qpp.cms.gov/api/eligibility/secure/opt-in?year=2019" -H "Qpp-Opt-In-Entities: tin1, tin2, tin2|npi1, tin2|npi2, etc." -H "accept: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer your-registry-api-token"


Hope this helps,


-Kevin

Andrew Limburg

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Nov 25, 2019, 10:28:47 AM11/25/19
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Chris,

For context, we are MIPS Registry.  

We were able to get into the new endpoint. We ran all of our customer's who are reporting at the TIN level through the new endpoint.

Now I have a couple very important questions:
  1. Is the data we are getting in response accurate data?
  2. If not, when can we can get live production data so that we can validate the Opt In Eligibility status of our clients that we have contracted with.
Andrew


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Andrew Limburg

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Nov 25, 2019, 2:11:48 PM11/25/19
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Thanks Kevin.  That worked for us too.

Andrew

Kishor Rasure

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Dec 5, 2019, 2:20:51 AM12/5/19
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Hi Christopher,
Is this endpoint available in the developer preview environment? If not when it will be available as we need to integrate it into our application? Currently, we are getting an error as follows for preview env:
{
    "error": {
        "message""Authentication is required",
        "type""JsonWebTokenError"
    }
}

Another question is that only the production URL is working with the production registry token for now?

Kishor Rasure

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Dec 5, 2019, 2:23:56 AM12/5/19
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Just to add we are using https://preview.qpp.cms.gov/api/eligibility/secure/opt-in?year=2019 URL. Please let us know the correct way.

Hari Krishna Jubburu

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Dec 9, 2019, 2:32:15 AM12/9/19
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Hi Christopher/Sarah,

any update on this?


Best Regards
Hari Krishna 



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Craig Powell

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Dec 10, 2019, 11:37:51 AM12/10/19
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Hari

I noticed this question is being tracked and discussed in a separate thread.


Can we close out this thread and track resolution there?

Craig
QPP Team 
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