Eligible

Ruby bindings for the Eligible API

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'eligible'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself with:

$ gem install eligible

Usage

Setup

require 'eligible'
Eligible.api_key = 'YOUR_KEY'

Test

Eligible.test = true

Parameters overwrite

On each api call, you can overwrite the api key or the test parameter:

Eligible::Coverage.get({:api_key => 'NEW_KEY', :test => false})

Response Format

By default, all responses are in JSON, but you can request raw access to X12 by adding is as a parameter on the api call:

Eligible::Coverage.get({:format => "x12"})

Important notes

Payer List for Eligibility

the parameter payer_id, required for most of the api calls, is provided by Eligible from its website, in xml and json format, which you can embed into your applications.

https://eligible.com/resources/payers/eligibility.xml

https://eligible.com/resources/payers/eligibility.json

Payer List for Claims

the parameter payer_id, required for claims, is provided by Eligible from its website, in xml and json format, which you can embed into your applications.

Medical

https://eligible.com/resources/payers/claims/medical.xml

https://eligible.com/resources/payers/claims/medical.json

Institutional

https://eligible.com/resources/payers/claims/institutional.xml

https://eligible.com/resources/payers/claims/institutional.json

Dental

https://eligible.com/resources/payers/claims/dental.xml

https://eligible.com/resources/payers/claims/dental.json

Service Type Codes

the parameter service_type, required on the api calls, is provided by Eligible from its website, in xml and json format, which you can embed into your applications.

https://eligible.com/resources/service-codes.xml https://eligible.com/resources/service-codes.json

Place of Service

https://eligible.com/resources/place_of_service.json

Health Care Provider Taxonomy

https://eligible.com/resources/health-care-provider-taxonomy-code-set.json

Api Call Results

On all results you can check for errors in result.error. The raw json format is available by using result.to_hash.

coverage = Eligible::Coverage.get(params)
coverage.error
coverage.to_hash

Coverage

Reference

https://reference.eligible.com/#coverage

Retrieve eligibility and benefit information

params = {
  :service_type => "33",
  :network => "OUT",
  :payer_id   => "000001",
  :provider_last_name => "Last",
  :provider_first_name => "First",
  :provider_npi => "12345678",
  :member_id => "12345678",
  :member_last_name => "Austen",
  :member_first_name => "Jane",
  :member_dob => "1955-12-14"
}

coverage = Eligible::Coverage.get(params)
coverage.to_hash # returns all coverage info for the request
coverage.error   # return error, if any

Cost Estimate

Reference

https://eligible.com/reference/cost-estimates

Retrieve cost estimate information

params = {
  service_type: '98',
  network: 'IN',
  payer_id: '00001',
  provider_npi: '1234567893',
  member_id: 'COST_ESTIMATE_001',
  member_dob: '1886-01-01',
  provider_price: '200',
  level: 'individual'
}

cost_estimate = Eligible::Coverage.cost_estimate(params)
cost_estimate.to_hash # returns all coverage info along with cost estimate

Medicare

Reference

https://reference.eligible.com/#medicare

Retrieve eligibility and benefit information from CMS Medicare for a patient.

params = {
  :payer_id   => "000001",
  :provider_last_name => "Last",
  :provider_first_name => "First",
  :provider_npi => "12345678",
  :member_id => "12345678",
  :member_last_name => "Austen",
  :member_first_name => "Jane",
  :member_dob => "1955-12-14"
}
medicare = Eligible::Medicare.get(params)
medicare.to_hash # returns all coverage info for the request
medicare.error   # return error, if any

Enrollment

Enrollment requests can have multiple enrollment NPIs. You can repeat the enrollment for a NPI multiple times across different enrollment requests.

Reference

https://reference.eligible.com/#enrollment-introduction

Create an Enrollment Request

params = {
  "service_provider_list" => [
      {
        "facility_name" => "Quality",
        "provider_name" => "Jane Austen",
               "tax_id" => "12345678",
              "address" => "125 Snow Shoe Road",
                 "city" => "Sacramento",
                "state" => "CA",
                  "zip" => "94107",
                 "ptan" => "54321",
                  "npi" => "987654321"
      },
      {
        "facility_name" => "Aetna",
        "provider_name" => "Jack Austen",
               "tax_id" => "12345678",
              "address" => "985 Snow Shoe Road",
                 "city" => "Menlo Park",
                "state" => "CA",
                  "zip" => "94107",
                 "ptan" => "54321",
                  "npi" => "987654321"
      }
    ],
    "payer_ids" => [
      "00431",
      "00282"
    ]
}
result = Eligible::Enrollment.post(params)
result.to_hash # returns the api call results
result.error   # return error, if any

Retrieve an Enrollment Request

params = { :enrollment_request_id => 123 }
enrollment = Eligible::Enrollment.get(params)
enrollment.to_hash # return the api call results
enrollment.error  # return error, if any
enrollment.enrollment_npis # quick access to the enrollment npis within the enrollment request object

params = { :npis => %w(123 456 789).join(',') }
enrollment = Eligible::Enrollment.get(params)

Claims

Reference

https://reference.eligible.com/#create-a-claim

Create Claim object

params = {
    "receiver" => {
        "name" => "AETNA",
        "id" => "60054"
    },
    "billing_provider" => {
        "taxonomy_code" => "332B00000X",
        "practice_name" => "Jane Austen Practice",
        "npi" => "1922222222",
        "address" => {
            "street_line_1" => "419 Fulton",
            "street_line_2" => "",
            "city" => "San Francisco",
            "state" => "CA",
            "zip" => "94102"
        },
        "tin" => "43291023"
    },
    "subscriber" => {
        "last_name" => "Franklin",
        "first_name" => "Benjamin",
        "member_id" => "12312312",
        "group_id" => "455716",
        "group_name" => "",
        "dob" => "1734-05-04",
        "gender" => "M",
        "address" => {
            "street_line_1" => "435 Sugar Lane",
            "street_line_2" => "",
            "city" => "Sweet",
            "state" => "OH",
            "zip" => "436233127"
        }
    },
    "payer" => {
        "name" => "AETNA",
        "id" => "60054",
        "address" => {
            "street_line_1" => "Po Box 981106",
            "street_line_2" => "",
            "city" => "El Paso",
            "state" => "TX",
            "zip" => "799981222"
        }
    },
    "claim" => {
        "total_charge_amount" => "275",
        "claim_frequency" => "1",
        "patient_signature_on_file" => "Y",
        "provider_plan_participation" => "A",
        "direct_payment_authorized" => "Y",
        "release_of_information" => "I",
        "service_lines" => [
            {
                "line_number" => "1",
                "service_start" => "2013-03-07",
                "service_end" => "2013-03-07",
                "place_of_service" => "11",
                "charge_amount" => "275",
                "product_service" => "99213",
                "qualifier" => "HC",
                "diagnosis_1" => "32723"
            }
        ]
    }
}

result = Eligible::Claim.post(params)
enrollment.to_hash # return the api call results
enrollment.error  # return error, if any

Retrieve all Claim objects/acknowledgments

claims = Eligible::Claim.all # returns acknowledgment information for all claims that have been submitted with the API key

Retrieve individual Claim object/acknowledgment

params = {
  :reference_id => "12345"
}

claim = Eligible::Claim.get(params) # returns acknowledgment information on an individual claim identified by its reference_id

Payment Status

Reference

https://reference.eligible.com/#payment-status

Retrieve Payment status

params = { :payer_id => '00001',
           :provider_tax_id => '4373208923',
           :provider_npi => '1234567890',
           :provider_first_name => 'Thomas',
           :provider_first_name => 'Thomas',
           :member_id => '123',
           :member_first_name => 'Benjamin',
           :member_last_name => 'Franklin',
           :member_dob => '01-01-1980',
           :charge_amount => '100.00',
           :start_date => '2013-03-25',
           :end_date => '2013-03-25' }

result = Eligible::Payment.get(params)
result.to_hash   # return the api call results
result.error     # return error, if any

X12

X12 post

params = { :x12 => "ISA*00*          *00*          *ZZ*SENDERID       *ZZ*ELIGIB         *130610*0409*^*00501*100000001*0*T*:~GS*HS*SENDERID*ELIGIB*20130610*0409*1*X*005010X279A1~ST*270*0001*005010X279A1~BHT*0022*13*137083739083716126837*20130610*0409~HL*1**20*1~NM1*PR*2*UnitedHealthCare*****PI*112~HL*2*1*21*1~NM1*1P*1*AUSTEN*JANE****XX*1222494919~HL*3*2*22*0~TRN*1*1*1453915417~NM1*IL*1*FRANKLIN*BENJAMIN****MI*23412342~DMG*D8*17371207~DTP*291*D8*20130610~EQ*30~SE*13*0001~GE*1*1~IEA*1*100000001~" }

result = Eligible::X12.post(params)

Tickets

Reference

https://reference.eligible.com/#create-a-ticket

Create a ticket

params = {:priority => 'normal',
          :title => 'TITLE',
          :notification_email => '[email protected]',
          :body => 'Your comment'}
result = Eligible::Ticket.create params
result.to_hash # return the api call results
enrollment.error  # return error, if any

Get a ticket

ticket = Eligible::Ticket.get(:id => 1)
ticket.to_hash # return the api call result
ticket.error   # return error, if any

Update a ticket

params = { :id => 1,
           :priority => 'normal',
           :title => 'TITLE',
           :notification_email => '[email protected]',
           :body => 'Your comment'}
result = Eligible::Ticket.update(params)
result.to_hash # return the api call results
enrollment.error  # return error, if any

Get comments for a ticket

comments = Eligible::Ticket.get(:id => 1)
comments.to_hash # return the api call result
comments.error   # return error, if any

Delete a ticket

result = Eligible::Ticket.delete(:id => 1)
comments.to_hash # return the api call result
comments.error   # return error, if any

Get all tickets

Eligible::Ticket.all

Customer

Reference

https://reference.eligible.com/#customers-introduction

Create a customer

customer_params = { customer: { name: "ABC company",
                                site_name: "ABC site name"
                              }
                  }
customer_response = Eligible::Customer.post(customer_params)
customer_response.to_json

Get a customer

customer_params = { customer_id: "123" }
customer_response = Eligible::Customer.get(customer_params)
customer_response.to_json

Update a customer

customer_params = { customer_id: "123",
                    customer: { site_name: "XYZ site name" }
                  }
customer_response = Eligible::Customer.update(customer_params)
customer_response.to_json

Get all customers

customer_params = {}
customer_response = Eligible::Customer.all(customer_params)
customer_response.to_json

Received Pdf

Reference

https://reference.eligible.com/#view-received-pdf

Get received pdf

params = { enrollment_npi_id: '123' }
response = Eligible::ReceivedPdf.get(params)
response.to_hash

Download received pdf

By default, it downloads to /tmp/received_pdf.pdf

params = { enrollment_npi_id: '123', filename: 'file_path_where_to_download' }
Eligible::ReceivedPdf.download(params)

Original Signature Pdf

Reference

https://reference.eligible.com/#create-original-signature-pdf

Get original signature pdf

params = { enrollment_npi_id: '123' }
response = Eligible::OriginalSignaturePdf.get(params)
response.to_hash

Create original signature pdf

params = { enrollment_npi_id: '123' }
params[:file] = File.new('path_to_file')
response = Eligible::OriginalSignaturePdf.post(params)
response.to_hash

Update original signature pdf

params = { enrollment_npi_id: '123' }
params[:file] = File.new('path_to_new_file')
response = Eligible::OriginalSignaturePdf.update(params)
response.to_hash

Download original signature pdf

By default, it downloads to /tmp/original_signature_pdf.pdf

params = { enrollment_npi_id: '123', filename: 'file_path_where_to_download' }
Eligible::OriginalSignaturePdf.download(params)

Delete original signature pdf

params = { enrollment_npi_id: '123' }
response = Eligible::OriginalSignaturePdf.delete(params)
response.to_hash

Payer

Reference

https://reference.eligible.com/#introduction

List all the payers

response = Eligible::Payer.list({})
response.collect { |payer| payer.to_hash }

View a single payer

params = { payer_id: '12345' }
response = Eligible::Payer.get(params)
response.to_hash

Search options for a payer

params = { payer_id: '12345' }
response = Eligible::Payer.search_options(params)
response.to_hash

Search options for all payers

response = Eligible::Payer.search_options({})
response.collect { |payer| payer.to_hash }

Precertification

Reference

https://reference.eligible.com/#precertification

Inquiry

params = { provider_npi: '1234567893',
           member_id: 'ABCDEF',
           member_dob: '2016-03-04'
         }
response = Eligible::Precert.inquiry(params)
response.to_hash

Create

params = { 'requester' => { 'information' => 'test' },
           'subscriber' => { 'last_name' => 'XYZ',
                             'first_name' => 'AVC',
                             'id' => '231213'
                           },
           'event' => { 'provider' => 'information' },
           'services' => [{ 'service' => 'test' }]
         }
response = Eligible::Precert.create(params)
response.to_hash

Referral

Inquiry

params = { provider_npi: '1234567893',
           member_id: 'ABCDEF',
           member_dob: '2016-03-04'
         }
response = Eligible::Referral.inquiry(params)
response.to_hash

Create

params = { 'requester' => { 'information' => 'test' },
           'subscriber' => { 'last_name' => 'XYZ',
                             'first_name' => 'AVC',
                             'id' => '231213'
                           },
           'event' => { 'provider' => 'information' },
           'services' => [{ 'service' => 'test' }]
         }
response = Eligible::Referral.create(params)
response.to_hash

Session Tokens

Reference

https://account.eligible.com/docs/account#session-tokens

Retrieve session token

params = { endpoints: 'coverage, cost_estimates, visit_types, payer_list',
           ttl_seconds: 300,
           max_calls: 50
         }
result = Eligible::SessionToken.create(params)
result.to_hash # returns all session token info for the request
result.error # returns error, if any

Revoke session token

params = { session_token: 'session-token-to-revoke' }
result = Eligible::SessionToken.revoke(params)
result.to_hash # returns all session token info for the request
result.error # returns error, if any

Errors

This is the list of errors thrown from the eligible ruby gem.

1. Eligible::EligibleError - Base class for the customized errors raised from Eligible gem.
2. Eligible::APIError - Raised when there is some invalid response from the api call. Raised for error codes other than 400, 401 and 404.
3. Eligible::APIConnectionError - Raised when there is some network issue like socket error, not able to connect to Eligible etc.
4. Eligible::InvalidRequestError - Raised when error code is 400 or 404.
5. Eligible::AuthenticationError - Raised when authentication fails. Mostly due to wrong api key.
6. NotImplementedError - Raised when the functionality you are trying to use doesn't exist.
7. ArgumentError - Raised when all the required params are not provided.

Error Handling

Raised errors have details in message, http_code, http_body, json_body, and errors attributes:

def call_eligible(request_params)
  Eligible::Coverage.cost_estimate request_params
rescue Eligible::AuthenticationError => auth_error # handle any specific error
  auth_error.message        # readable message
  auth_error.http_status    # HTTP Status Code
  auth_error.http_body      # HTTP Response body
  auth_error.json_body      # HTTP Response body as Hash
  auth_error.errors         # Errors from Response Hash
rescue Eligible::EligibleError => error # handle generic error
  ## Similar format
  error.message
  error.http_status
  error.http_body
  error.json_body
  error.errors
end

Contributing

Running rake will run the test suite along with rubocop as a basic style assessment. If you are going to submit a pull request, please verify that all tests pass and there are no rubocop errors. Please add additional tests for any features or fixes provided.

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Run tests (see above)
5. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
6. Create new Pull Request