Community Health Systems

aid: community-health-systems
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/community-health-systems/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Community Health Systems
tags:
- CMS-9115-F
- FHIR
- Healthcare
- Hospitals
- Interoperability
- Patient Access
- Provider Directory
- SMART-on-FHIR
- Fortune 500
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/community-health-systems.png
access: 3rd-Party
kind: company
created: '2026-03-21'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consumer
description: Community Health Systems (CHS) is a Fortune 500 hospital operator that owns, leases, and operates general acute
  care hospitals across the United States. In compliance with the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule (CMS-9115-F),
  CHS publishes FHIR R4 healthcare interoperability APIs that allow third-party applications to access patient demographics
  and clinical data, adjudicated claims and encounters, formulary information, and provider directory data. The APIs use the
  HL7 FHIR R4 standard and SMART-on-FHIR authorization for patient-scoped access.
apis:
- aid: community-health-systems:provider-directory-api
  name: Community Health Systems Provider Directory API
  tags:
  - CMS-9115-F
  - FHIR
  - Healthcare
  - Interoperability
  - Provider Directory
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://api.chs.net/fhir/r4
  humanURL: https://www.chs.net
  properties:
  - url: https://www.chs.net
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.cms.gov/regulations-and-guidance/guidance/interoperability/index
    type: CMSFinalRule
  description: FHIR R4 read API exposing provider and pharmacy directory data in compliance with CMS interoperability requirements.
    Third-party applications can search Practitioner, Organization, and Location resources without patient consent (no PHI
    is exposed by these directory endpoints).
  x-features:
  - FHIR R4 Practitioner, Organization, Location resources
  - Public read access (no patient consent required)
  - Search by name, specialty, location
  x-use-cases:
  - Public provider/pharmacy directory lookup
  - Network adequacy and accessibility reporting
  - Care coordination and referral apps
- aid: community-health-systems:community-health-systems-claims-api
  name: Community Health Systems Claims API
  description: Adjudicated claims and encounter data
  humanURL: https://www.chs.net
  baseURL: https://api.chs.net/fhir/r4
  tags:
  - Claims
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/community-health-systems-claims-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.chs.net
  - type: CMSFinalRule
    url: https://www.cms.gov/regulations-and-guidance/guidance/interoperability/index
- aid: community-health-systems:community-health-systems-formulary-api
  name: Community Health Systems Formulary API
  description: Formulary and medication data
  humanURL: https://www.chs.net
  baseURL: https://api.chs.net/fhir/r4
  tags:
  - Formulary
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/community-health-systems-formulary-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.chs.net
  - type: CMSFinalRule
    url: https://www.cms.gov/regulations-and-guidance/guidance/interoperability/index
- aid: community-health-systems:community-health-systems-patient-api
  name: Community Health Systems Patient API
  description: Patient demographic and clinical data
  humanURL: https://www.chs.net
  baseURL: https://api.chs.net/fhir/r4
  tags:
  - Patient
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/community-health-systems-patient-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.chs.net
  - type: CMSFinalRule
    url: https://www.cms.gov/regulations-and-guidance/guidance/interoperability/index
- aid: community-health-systems:community-health-systems-practitioner-api
  name: Community Health Systems Practitioner API
  description: Provider information
  humanURL: https://www.chs.net
  baseURL: https://api.chs.net/fhir/r4
  tags:
  - Practitioner
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/community-health-systems-practitioner-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.chs.net
  - type: CMSFinalRule
    url: https://www.cms.gov/regulations-and-guidance/guidance/interoperability/index
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/community-health-systems-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/community-health-systems-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/community-health-systems-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/community-health-systems-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/community-health-systems
- type: Website
  url: https://www.chs.net
- type: PatientPortal
  url: https://www.chs.net/patients-visitors/
- type: Investors
  url: https://www.chs.net/investors/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.chs.net/privacy-statement/
- type: CMSInteroperability
  url: https://www.cms.gov/regulations-and-guidance/guidance/interoperability/index
- type: HL7FHIRR4
  url: https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/
- url: json-ld/community-health-systems-context.jsonld
  type: JSONLD
- url: json-schema/chs-fhir-bundle-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
- url: rules/community-health-systems-rules.yml
  type: Spectral
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'