Backwork
Backwork provides a research platform for Medicare and commercial payer coverage policies, prior authorization requirements, and policy changes. It helps billing, revenue cycle, and compliance teams locate documentation requirements, compare policy evidence, and verify coverage details without exposing patient information.
Backwork publishes 13 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Agent Tools API, Certified Releases API, Claims API, and 10 more. Tagged areas include Healthcare, Insurance, Policy, Medicare, and Compliance.
The Backwork catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Backwork’s developer surface includes sandbox, authentication, support, signup flow, getting-started guide, documentation, API reference, and 20 more developer resources.
Kin Score
Standards implemented 1
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 13
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Backwork Agent Tools API
Machine-readable tool manifest and controlled agent invocation
Backwork Certified Releases API
Entitlement-gated, immutable commercial release snapshots with evidence-bound metadata
Backwork Claims API
Claim validation and denial-risk scoring
Backwork Codes API
Medical code lookup (CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10)
Backwork Compliance API
Policy change review and acknowledgment workflow
Backwork Coverage API
Coverage criteria search and evaluation
Backwork Drugs API
Drug formulary and pharmacy benefit evidence
Backwork Health API
API health and status endpoints
Backwork Policies API
Coverage policy search, retrieval, and comparison
Backwork Prior Auth API
Prior authorization requirements, research, and readiness
Backwork Reference API
Reference data (jurisdictions, payers)
Backwork Spending API
Medicare spending and utilization by billing code
Backwork Webhooks API
Webhook endpoint management and delivery testing
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MCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
Agent Skills 5
Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.
acknowledge-policy-change
AGENT SKILLcheck-coverage
AGENT SKILLcheck-updates
AGENT SKILLfind-policies
AGENT SKILLvalidate-claim
AGENT SKILLPricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Backworkhealth Com Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSSemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Backworkhealth Com Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Backwork API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 6
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
ClaimValidationResult
JSON SCHEMACoverageEvaluation
JSON SCHEMACriteriaSearchResult
JSON SCHEMAPolicyDetail
JSON SCHEMAPolicyListItem
JSON SCHEMAPriorAuthCheck
JSON SCHEMASecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Scopes 1
OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 3
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 5
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 6
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 1
The organization behind the API
Other 2
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Backwork API — frequently asked questions
Does Backwork have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 13 APIs from Backwork, including Backwork Agent Tools API, Backwork Certified Releases API and Backwork Claims API, and 10 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Backwork API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 13 OpenAPI specifications for Backwork, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Backwork API?
Backwork documents its authentication (2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Backworkhealth Com Authentication.
How much does the Backwork API cost?
APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Backwork, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing Plans on this page.
Does Backwork have an MCP server?
Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Backwork: Remote MCP server at backworkhealth.com requiring an API key.
Is the Backwork API ready for AI agents?
Backwork has a Kin Score of 58.0 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 60.4 (agent-native), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-02.
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