Provider Reference
The Provider Reference feature allows the user to create a new provider record in the system and view the list of all the providers for a specific practice.
As noted in the Providers documentation, an individual provider may have multiple provider IDs (as defined by a unique NPI) in athenaNet. This typically occurs when the provider practices across multiple departments. We combined these multiple provider IDs into a single canonical ID to use for processing API calls, even if one of the provider’s other IDs is submitted. Partners only need to refer to a provider using their canonical ID that can be found via the GET /providers and GET /providers/{providerid} API.
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Endpoints
- Reference
Get list of all
providers
GET
/v1/{practiceid}/providers
Retrieve a list of all providers available in a specific practice
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Input Parameters
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practiceid
integer
practiceid
showusualdepartmentguessthreshold
number
There are situations where determining where a provider "normally" practices is desired. Unfortuantely, there is no such concept in athenaNet since providers often practice in multiple locations. However, we can use some intelligence to determine this by looking back over the previous few months (90 days) to see actual practice. To enable this, set this value between 0 and 1; it is highly recommended to be at least .5. This is the ratio of appointments in a given department to the total number of appointments for that provider. A value of .5 means "the provider's appointments are 50% in the department guessed." Setting this to 1 would only return a department if ALL of the provider's appointments were in one department.
name
string
showallproviderids
boolean
In athenaNet's internal data structures, a single provider can be represented by multiple IDs. These IDs are used in certain external messages (e.g. HL7) and thus these IDs may need to be known by the API user as well. When set to true, a list of all of these ancillary IDs will be provided.
providertype
string
The provider type to filter the results on. Valid provider type values can be found by using GET /reference/providertypes.
limit
integer
Number of entries to return (default 1500, max 5000)
offset
integer
Starting point of entries; 0-indexed
Output Parameters
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acceptingnewpatientsyn
string
Indicates whether the provider is accepting new patients. This field is currently only for informational purposes, and does not drive any athenaNet functionality.
ansinamecode
string
This is the ANSI name with ANSI code for this provider's specialty.
ansispecialtycode
string
This is the ANSI code for this provider's specialty.
billable
string
Indicates if this is a billable provider.
createencounteroncheckinyn
string
If true, appointments scheduled with this provider will create an encounter when the appointment is checked in for encounter supported appointment types. Only applies to the primary providerid. If the provider has other IDs with the same API, please use 'showallproviderids' to see which IDs create encounters.
createencounterprovideridlist
string
A list of provider IDs for this provider NPI that will create an encounter when the appointment is checked in for encounter supported appointment types. Only populated if 'showallproviderids' is set.
displayname
string
The preferred name to use when displaying this provider.
entitytype
string
Either "Person" or "Non-Person" (e.g. X-Ray machines)
federalidnumber
string
The federal ID number for provider, if SHOWFEDERALIDNUMBER is set.
firstname
string
The provider's first name.
hideinportalyn
string
If set, this provider does not appear in athenaCommunicator's web portal.
homedepartment
string
For certain purposes, this can be considered to be the "home" or default department for a provider.
lastname
string
The provider's last name.
npi
integer
The NPI for this provider, if available.
otherprovideridlist
string
When showallproviderids is set to true, a list of all other athenaNet providers IDs that may refer to this same provider. If not present with showallproviderids, there are no other IDs other than the primary ID.
personalpronouns
string
The preferred personal pronouns of this provider.
providergrouplist
string
When showallproviderids is set to true, a list of all provider groups that this provider is registered in. Data is only relevant if a practice is using Provider-Group-Based Data Permissions in their practice.
providerid
integer
The ID to be used for this provider. Note that in athenaNet, an individual provider (as defined by a unique NPI) may have multiple provider IDs. For the API, we have collapsed these to a single canonical ID.
providertype
string
There is a long potential list of provider type in the form "full name (id)", but "MD", "NP" or "NP S" (Nurse Practitioner (Supervising)), "RES" (resident), "EQUIP", "DO", "PA" or "PASUP" (Physician's Assistant (Supervising)), "TECH", "RN", LPT", "CRNA" or "CRNASUP" (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist (Supervising)), and MA (Medical Assistant) are among the most common.
providertypeid
string
This is just the ID (a text string) such as "NP" or "NP S" for the provider type.
providerusername
string
The username of the provider.
scheduleresourcetype
string
Name of the scheduling resource type tied to the provider.
schedulingname
string
The scheduling name for this provider (as used in athenaNet).
sex
string
The sex of this provider.
specialty
string
A friendly name for this provider's specialty.
specialtyid
integer
The ID of the provider's specialty.
supervisingproviderid
integer
The ID of the supervising provider.
supervisingproviderusername
string
The username of the supervising provider.
usualdepartmentid
integer
The "usual" department for this provider, if SHOWUSUALDEPARTMENTGUESSTHRESHOLD is set.
Example Code
Add new
provider
POST
/v1/{practiceid}/providers
BETA: Create a new record of provider in the system
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Input Parameters
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practiceid
integer
practiceid
Content-Type
string
Content type of the payload
❙ Request Body
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alertmessage
string
Alert message if the operation did not work.
errorreason
string
Error message if the operation did not work.
providerid
integer
The ID to be used for this provider. Note that in athenaNet, an individual provider (as defined by a unique NPI) may have multiple provider IDs. For the API, we have collapsed these to a single canonical ID. For updates and deletes, this will be either 1 or -1 depending on success or failure.
Example Code
Get the mapping of personal pronouns id to display
name.
GET
/v1/{practiceid}/personalpronouns
Get the mapping of personal pronouns id to display name. Note: This endpoint may rely on specific settings to be enabled in athenaNet Production to function properly that are not required in other environments. Please see <a href="https://docs.athenahealth.com/api/resources/best-practices-and-troubles… Rollout of APIs</a> for more information if you are experiencing issues.
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Input Parameters
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practiceid
integer
practiceid
Output Parameters
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personalpronounsdisplaytext
string
personalpronounsid
integer
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