Optum

Optum Health Check API

The Health Check API from Optum — 7 operation(s) for health check.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 7

GET /healthcheck Health Check #
GET /medicalnetwork/eligibility/v3/healthcheck Health Check #
GET /medicalnetwork/institutionalclaims/v1/healthcheck Health Check #
GET /medicalnetwork/professionalclaims/v3/healthcheck Health Check #
GET /medicalnetwork/payerlist/v1/healthcheck Health Check #
GET /oihub/dental/claim/inquiry/v1/healthcheck Health Check #
GET /oihub/dnt/enh/eligibility/preservice/v1/healthcheck Health Check #

Documentation

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APIReference
https://developer.optum.com/eligibilityandclaims/reference/api-overview
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GettingStarted
https://developer.optum.com/eligibilityandclaims/docs/get-started-with-optum-api
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Authentication
https://developer.optum.com/eligibilityandclaims/docs/optum-security-and-authorization
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APIReference
https://developer.optum.com/optumreal-dental/reference/overview-real-dental
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GettingStarted
https://developer.optum.com/optumreal-dental/reference/get-started
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APIReference
https://developer.optum.com/pharmacysolutions/reference
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APIReference
https://developer.optum.com/paymentandreimbursement/reference
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APIReference
https://developer.optum.com/platformandinteroperability/reference
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APIReference
https://developer.optum.com/analyticsandinsights/reference
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APIReference
https://developer.optum.com/apitools/reference/security-and-authorization-v2-overview
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Documentation
https://developer.optum.com/apitools/docs/getting-started

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/optum/refs/heads/main/openapi/optum-health-check-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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ChangeLog
https://developer.optum.com/eligibilityandclaims/docs/eligibility-release-notes

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OpenAPI Specification

optum-health-check-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Optum Health Check API
  x-refined-note:
  - x-shortDescription differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Health Check across 13 of this provider''s published API definitions: optum-medical-network-attachment-retrieval-v1-openapi.yml, optum-medical-network-attachment-status-v1-openapi.yml, optum-medical-network-attachments-submission-v1-openapi.yml, optum-medical-network-claims-responses-and-reports-v2-openapi.yml, optum-medical-network-eligibility-v3-openapi.yml, optum-medical-network-institutional-claims-v1-openapi.yml, optum-medical-network-professional-claims-v3-openapi.yml, optum-payer-list-api-v1-openapi.yml, optum-prior-authorization-v1-openapi.yml, optum-real-dental-attachments-api-openapi.yml, optum-real-dental-claim-status-api-openapi.yml, optum-real-dental-pre-care-eligibility-intelligence-api-openapi.yml, optum-submitter-api-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com/medicalnetwork/attachments/retrieval/v1
- url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com/medicalnetwork/attachments/status/v1
- url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com/medicalnetwork/attachments/submission/v1/
  description: Optum
- url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com/medicalnetwork/reports/v2
  description: Optum
- url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com
  description: ''
- url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com/rcm/prior-authorization/v1/
- url: /processor
- url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com/dental/attachments/v1
  description: ''
- url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com/pharmacynetwork/submitter/v1
  description: Generated server url
tags:
- name: Health Check
paths:
  /healthcheck:
    get:
      operationId: healthCheck
      summary: Health Check
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Health Check
      security:
      - bearerToken: []
    servers:
    - url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com/medicalnetwork/attachments/retrieval/v1
  /medicalnetwork/eligibility/v3/healthcheck:
    get:
      tags:
      - Health Check
      summary: Health Check
      operationId: healthCheck
      parameters:
      - name: Authorization
        in: header
        description: 'Bearer Your-Access-Token<br/> Example: <b>Bearer eyJraWQiOiIxIiwid…</b>'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthCheck_2'
    servers:
    - url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com
      description: ''
  /medicalnetwork/institutionalclaims/v1/healthcheck:
    get:
      tags:
      - Health Check
      summary: Health Check
      operationId: healthCheck
      parameters:
      - name: Authorization
        in: header
        description: 'Bearer Your-Access-Token<br/>Example: <b>Bearer eyJraWQiOiIxIiwid…</b>'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties:
                  type: string
    servers:
    - url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com
      description: Optum
  /medicalnetwork/professionalclaims/v3/healthcheck:
    get:
      tags:
      - Health Check
      summary: Health Check
      operationId: healthCheck
      parameters:
      - name: Authorization
        in: header
        description: 'Bearer Your-Access-Token<br/>Example: <b>Bearer eyJraWQiOiIxIiwid…</b>'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties:
                  type: string
    servers:
    - url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com
      description: Optum
  /medicalnetwork/payerlist/v1/healthcheck:
    get:
      tags:
      - Health Check
      summary: Health Check
      operationId: getPayerListHealthCheck
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful health check response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthCheckResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
    servers:
    - url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com
      description: Sandbox
  /oihub/dental/claim/inquiry/v1/healthcheck:
    get:
      tags:
      - Health Check
      summary: Health Check
      description: Returns API health status.
      operationId: healthCheck
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: API is available
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthCheckResponse_2'
              example:
                status: UP
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
    servers:
    - url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com
  /oihub/dnt/enh/eligibility/preservice/v1/healthcheck:
    get:
      summary: Health Check
      description: Returns the health status for the Check Enhanced Dental Eligibility API.
      operationId: healthCheckEnhancedDentalEligibility
      tags:
      - Health Check
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Health check successful
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: UP
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
    servers:
    - url: https://sandbox-apigw.optum.com
components:
  schemas:
    HealthCheck:
      title: HealthCheck
      required:
      - version
      type: object
      properties:
        version:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
          description: NM101 60 char, required
    HealthCheck_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          description: Health Status
        version:
          type: string
          description: API version
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        details:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    HealthCheckResponse:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: true
      description: Health check response. Exact schema was not provided in the source collection.
    ErrorResponse_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          format: uri
          default: about/blank
          example: https://api-stg.uhg.com/errors/attachment-type-detection
          description: The problem type URI. Defaults to `about:blank`.
        title:
          type: string
          example: Invalid Attachment Format
          description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem.
        detail:
          type: string
          example: The provided attachment format is not supported.
          description: A detailed explanation of the problem.
        status:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          example: 400
          maximum: 599
          minimum: 100
          description: The HTTP status code for the problem.
        instance:
          type: string
          format: uri
          example: https://api-stg.uhg.com/errors/attachment-type-detection/12345
          description: A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.
        properties:
          type: object
          properties:
            errors:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                    example: DENTATT_113
                    description: A code that can be correlated to this error.
                  field:
                    type: string
                    example: DataService.attachments.find.notFound
                    description: The field in a request that is related to this error, if applicable.
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: Attachment not found.
                    description: A human readable message that describes the error.
              description: A collection that gives specifics about the errors that occurred.
          description: A map of additional, non-standard properties.
      description: Representation for an RFC 9457 problem detail.
    HealthCheckResponse_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          example: UP
    HealthCheck_3:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          description: Health Status
        version:
          type: string
          description: API version
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerToken:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
    bearer-key:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
    oAuth:
      type: oauth2
      description: This API uses OAuth 2 with the client_credentials grant flow.
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: /apip/auth/sntl/v1/token
          scopes:
            read_txn: read transactions
            create_txn: submit a new transaction request
            read_coveragediscovery: read coverage discovery tasks
            create_coveragediscovery: submit a new coverage discovery task
            read_healthcheck: check the status of the system
x-refined-from:
- optum-medical-network-attachment-retrieval-v1-openapi.yml
- optum-medical-network-attachment-status-v1-openapi.yml
- optum-medical-network-attachments-submission-v1-openapi.yml
- optum-medical-network-claims-responses-and-reports-v2-openapi.yml
- optum-medical-network-eligibility-v3-openapi.yml
- optum-medical-network-institutional-claims-v1-openapi.yml
- optum-medical-network-professional-claims-v3-openapi.yml
- optum-payer-list-api-v1-openapi.yml
- optum-prior-authorization-v1-openapi.yml
- optum-real-dental-attachments-api-openapi.yml
- optum-real-dental-claim-status-api-openapi.yml
- optum-real-dental-pre-care-eligibility-intelligence-api-openapi.yml
- optum-submitter-api-openapi.yml
x-readme:
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  proxy-enabled: true