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FHIR Layer EXchange (FLEX) Release Notes

Salt Lake County Optum Behavioral Health 

November 5, 2024 - Release 3.14

A. New and Improved

a. Access Management

i. Admin Portal

1. No changes in this release

ii. Vendor Portal

1.    No changes in this release

iii. Member Portal

1. No changes in this release

iv. Authorization/Authentication

1. No changes in this release

b. Framework

i. FLEX Server

1.    No changes in this release

c. Patient Access APIs

i. Patient Claims

1.    No changes in this release

d. Public Directory APIs

i. Provider Directory

1.  Upgrade to DaVinci PDEX Plan Net Version 1.1.0 We have upgraded our Provider Directory APIs for UHC and Optum Behavioral Health (OBH) from version 1.0.0 to version 1.1.0. Key changes include:

Must Support (MS) Elements:

  • PlanNetPractitioner Period: Now Must Support (MS) for both providerRole and OrgAffiliation.
  • InsurancePlan.period: Now Must Support (MS).
  • Updated InsurancePlan.Plan.Type: Now Must Support (MS)

Implementation Details:

  • MS elements will be included in the API response when available.
  • If these elements are not available, they will be excluded from the response.

2. Additional Updates and Fixes:

Transitioned the Provider Directory APIs from domain-based routing to path-based routing.

e.g https://sierra.fhir.flex.optum.com is migrated to https://flex.optum.com/fhir/sierra

B. Bug Fixes

i.   No defects for this release

C. Known Issues

a. No changes in this release