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  2. FHIR-40814

Exception request for Specialty Medication Enrollment IG Coverage profile

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    • US Core (FHIR)
    • 5.0.1
    • Cross-Group Projects
    • US Core Coverage Profile
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      Motion to approve variance request: Brett Marquard/Eric Haas: 9-0-0

      Approve variance request and will implement.

      Will add slices to match US Core member identifier.
      will call out that this is pharmacy benefit-focused

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      Motion to approve variance request: Brett Marquard/Eric Haas: 9-0-0 Approve variance request and will implement. Will add slices to match US Core member identifier. will call out that this is pharmacy benefit-focused

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      The following Specialty Medication Enrollment Coverage profile is not based on the US Core profile introduced in version 6.0.0. 

      Specialty Rx Coverage -https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-specialty-rx/StructureDefinition-specialty-rx-coverage.html

      Below are the key differences between the Specialty Rx Coverage profile and US Core Coverage profile in 6.0.0, The differences reflect that the Specialty Medication Enrollment IG is medication-focused and its Coverage profile focuses on elements needed to communicate pharmacy benefit coverage; it is more lenient with respect to elements that are specific to medical coverage.

      • .relationship is mandatory in the US Core profile, which often wouldn’t be specified in a pharmacy benefit
      • The Specialty IG enables a pharmacy benefit to be sent alone… without requiring the health plan member ID or subscriber ID
      • The Specialty IG defines Coverage.class types that are specific to pharmacy benefits, while US Core defines medical benefit-related ones. Both guides, though, use the same value set for those and basically highlight standard use of the codes

      Please approve an exception

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