In Coverage separate insurers from others who may pay for services

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    • Type: Change Request
    • Resolution: Persuasive
    • Priority: Medium
    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • R4
    • Financial Mgmt
    • Coverage
    • Mary Kay McDaniel / Celine Lefebvre : 5-0-1
    • Enhancement
    • Compatible, substantive
    • R5

      Changes to Coverage Resource:

      ADD:

      Coverage.kind                   1..1        Code

      Self-Pay, Insurance, Other

      “Other” is the escape, when not self-pay or insurance. No use case for other currently

      Coverage.type                  0..1         Code

      Optional, but required when Kind=Insurance

      Vocabulary:  remove self-pay codes  

      Change:

      .payor             0..1         Resource (Organization)

      Require when .kind=Insurance

      Change Resource list to allow only Organization (Remove person and related person)

      ADD:

      .paymentBy                       0..*        Reference (Patient | RelatedPerson | Organization)                          

      Specify invariants (Business Rules)

      1. If Coverage.kind = self-pay then .payor does not exist and .paymentBy must exist
      2. If Coverage.kind = insurance then .payor must exist and .paymentBy must not exist

       

            Assignee:
            Unassigned
            Reporter:
            Mary Kay McDaniel
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