Search for Providers Based on Procedure

Overview

Description: Filter and search for providers based on procedures they perform, accepted insurance, and specialty.

Endpoint: /v1/custom/providers

Status: Live

Methods: GET

Example use-case: As opposed to searching for any Orthopedic Surgeon, who could focus on different parts of the body (i.e. knees versus shoulders), leverage a procedure based search to look only for doctors who perform knee surgeries.

Search for the most cost effective facility to get a Chest X Ray when shopping for care.

Diving In

Searching for providers based on procedures aligns with the general functionality of the /providers/ endpoint as described in earlier pages of our documentation. The key difference is that if you have access to procedure data within your custom /providers/ endpoint, you will be able to leverage the parameters below to filter providers accordingly.

Search Parameters - Procedures - Cost / Quality

You can also use the following parameters for provider searches based on procedures performed, relative experience levels, and/or relative cost effectiveness.

Parameter	Description
`procedure_ids`	Comma separated list of desired procedure uuids. Filter to only providers who perform the given procedure.
`procedure`	String input that is fuzzy matched to the most relevant procedure `display` field. Only a single procedure will be selected. Filter to only providers who perform the given procedure.
`max_cost_index`	Float input to limit results only to providers below the max cost index inputted. This will be paired with the `procedure_id` or `procedure` parameters but will only be in effect when a single procedure is filtered. Scale between `0.0` and `10.0`.

Example Request - Providers

curl -X GET \
  'https://api.ribbonhealth.com/v1/custom/providers?
    address=33 Irving Pl, NYC
    &insurance_ids=2d5231c0-2d29-4026-9138-5dcbd0591404
    &procedure_ids=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000' \
  -H 'authorization: Bearer <your_token>'

Example Response - Providers

{
   "parameters": {
        "total_count": 141,
        "page": 1,
        "page_size": 25,
        "sort_by": "distance",
        "distance": 10,
        "geo": {
            "latitude": 40.7351327,
            "longitude": -73.9881657
        },
        "address": "33 Irving Pl, New York, NY 10003, USA",
        "insurance_ids": [
            "2d5231c0-2d29-4026-9138-5dcbd0591404"
        ],
        "procedure_id": [
            "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
        ]
    },
  "data": [
    {
      "npi": "1234567890",
      "first_name": "Emily",
      "middle_name": "K",
      "last_name": "Smith",
      "age": 50,
      "gender": "f",
      "ratings_count": 100,
      "ratings_avg": 9.5,
      "degrees": [],
      "specialties": [],
      "languages": [],
      "educations": [],
      "insurances": [],
      "provider_types": [],
      "locations": [],
      "online_profiles": [],
      "distance": 0.1,
      "procedures": [
        {
          "uuid": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
          "display": "MRI scan of lower spinal canal",
          "cost": {
            "cost_index": 4.0
          },
          "quality": {
            "experience_index": 4.0
          }
        },
        {
          "uuid": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-111111111111",
          "display": "MRI scan of thoracic spine",
          "cost": {
            "cost_index": 3.0
          },
          "quality": {
            "experience_index": 3.0
          }
        }
      ]
    }
...24 more providers...      
  ]
}