Change Log/Release Notes

Change Log

API NameAPI VersionDate IntroducedAvailable Until
Enhanced Eligibility APIv105/03/2023current

Release Notes

v1.6 (08/20/2025)

v1.5 (06/25/2025)

  • Updates
    • Coverage Discovery added new value added feature to access COB Data Lake for additional coverage.
    • Coverage Discovery response model updated to contain the optional realTime object for Real Time Enhanced Eligibility customers enrolled in integrated Coverage Discovery .
    • Get All Coverage Discovery Endpoint supports querying by task status:
      • success
      • failure
      • pending
    • Get All Transactions supports querying by patient information:
      • patientFirstName
      • patientLastName
      • patientAccountNumber
      • medicalRecordNumber
      • memberId

v1.4 (12/17/2024)

  • Updates
    • Search Options Cascading, a new Coverage Discovery Path. See more here .
  • Deprecations
    • Change Healthcare request and response headers (x-chng-) are no longer supported.

v1.3 (10/23/2024)

  • Updates
    • [Non-Breaking] Optum rebranding of request and response headers in OpenAPI Specification, Customer Callback API example, and all documentation guides.
      • Change Healthcare request and response headers are still supported to maintain backwards compatibility.
    • Support of the x-optum-trace-id response header for traceability into customer transactions.

v1.2 (08/14/2024)

  • Updates
    • New API basepath rcm/eligibility/v1
    • Added supporting documentation
      • FAQs, Getting Started, Troubleshooting and Support, etc.
    • Updated API Specifications
      • Coverage Discovery
  • Deprecations
    • Payer Alias API
    • NPI Management API
    • rcmcomplete/eligibility/v1 (legacy basepath)

v1.1 (05/03/2023)

  • Initial Release