Test Claims Responses and Reports Functionality in Sandbox

The sandbox has sample R5 reports, which you can use to test out the functionality.

File retrieval - recommended workflow, best practices, and retention rules

1. Run the Claim Responses and Reports API.
2. Receive a list of available files.
3. Run the Claim Responses and Reports v2 API with the filename you wish to retrieve data for
   the Receive file data.
4. Pull into your system for processing and archiving on your end.
5. Send a delete request for the filename just retrieved.

Best Practice - Claim Responses and Reports API

1. Keep the mailbox clean to identify newly added files.
2. Perform a file delete request after pulling the data of a file.
3. Store the downloaded files.

Mailbox data file retention rules

1. Files are kept in the mailbox for a maximum of 30 days.
2. If the files need to be reprocessed by Optum, additional reprocessing charges may apply.