This implementation guide describes the CARIN for Digital Insurance Card (C4DIC) Framework, providing a set of resources that payers can display to consumers via a FHIR API. This implementation guide focuses on standardizing how data elements from the physical insurance card can be transmitted in a FHIR-based exchange, leveraging the Coverage resource as well as Patient and Organization resources. The STU1 was published 7/13/2022.
Since the publication of the IG, several conversations occurred relating to how the CARIN Digital Insurance CARD IG could be updated to include support for SMART Health Card (SHC)/ Link based digital insurance cards for member use.
On 2/28/23 a working session was convened to bring together many of the interested parties to walk through some key technical choices needed to move forward with implementation and testing. The group discussed many of the implementation choices needed to implement SHC insurance cards in a way that can work today. As a next step, we will hold a follow up meeting summer 2023.
Please join us on Sunday 5/7 at 1-2 pm ET in the Royal Room breakout room for a discussion regarding the latest potential updates to the CARIN IG for Digital Insurance Card. There will be no testing track at the Connectathon.
A recording of the 2/28/23 working session can be found here:
