HL7 Electronic Health Record System Functional Model, Release 2.1.1
2.1.1 - Normative

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## : AS.8.3 Support Integration of Cost/Financial information into Patient Care (Function)

Page standards status: Normative

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        <div id="description"><b>Description <a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#std-process" title="Informative Content" class="informative-flag">I</a>:</b> <div><p>The provider is alerted or presented with the most cost-effective services, referrals, devices, etc., to recommend to the patient. This may be tailored to the patient's health insurance/plan coverage rules. Medications may be presented in order of cost, or the cost of specific interventions may be presented at the time of ordering.</p>
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                AS.8.3#01
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                MAY

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                    <div><p>The system MAY provide the ability to extract formularies, preferred providers, and other information, from internal or external sources, that are associated with a patient's health care plan and coverage so that the provider can offer cost effective alternatives to patients.</p>
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                AS.8.3#02
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                MAY

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                    <div><p>The system MAY provide the ability to extract information about exemptions on coverage limitations and guidelines.</p>
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                AS.8.3#03
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                MAY

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                    <div><p>The system MAY provide the ability to capture or transmit the request for information about exemptions on coverage limitations and guidelines.</p>
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                AS.8.3#04
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                MAY

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                    <div><p>The system MAY provide the ability to render expected patient out-of- pocket cost information for medications, diagnostic testing, and procedures, from internal or external sources, that are associated with a patients health care plan and coverage.</p>
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                AS.8.3#05
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                MAY

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                    <div><p>The system MAY provide the ability to render a notification of an alert to the provider of care where formularies, preferred provider and other information indicate the health plan requires an alternative.</p>
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                AS.8.3#06
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                SHOULD

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                    <div><p>The system SHOULD conform to function <a href="Requirements-EHRSFMR2-AS.9.3.html">AS.9.3</a> (Support Service Authorizations) to integrate support of prior authorization processes.</p>
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