Existing Patients

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Existing Patients (who have a Policy associated), do not need to resolve their policy with a payer again. This check can be done using the same functions and hooks available in the full hard check process.

This guide assumes familiarity with the full new patient hard check, and describes the differences.

Create a Session

When creating the Hard Eligibility Session, include the Policy ID value.

1 createHardEligibilitySession({
2   policyId: "pol_xxx",
3   serviceTypeIds: ["svt_xxx"],
4 })

Form Input

The existing Policy already contains patient information, so the only input required for the eligibility check is the state.

If the UI has a component for the patient to select it, drive it in the same way as the full check.

If the UI does not have a component, and the value is already known, pass the value as the 2nd argument in the field hook.

1 useEligibilityInputField("state", "CA")

Patients may travel, and best practice is to confirm their location before each visit to comply with licensing requirements.

Handling the Result

When a Policy is provided upfront, several steps and possible error-states are bypassed. The final resulting object is the same shape as with a new user check.