Public surface / Payer Provider Directory APIs

Inland Empire Health Plan Provider Directory API

This endpoint answers publicly with substantial gaps.

Current grade D

Reachability100

Capability transparency80

Interop readiness0

Observed surface

Base URL: https://fhir.iehp.org/provider-directory
Category: Payer Provider Directory APIs
Availability: answered 8 of 8 checks so far; availability is reported once 14 observations exist
Vantage agreement: reachable from all 3 vantages, which are 3 hosts on one network (github-actions): one network's view sampled 3 times, not 3 independent networks

Interpretation

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Findings

Reachability100

Pass: /metadata answers with HTTP 2xx over HTTPS: reachable from all 3 vantages, which are 3 hosts on one network (github-actions): one network's view sampled 3 times, not 3 independent networksR1 Spec ↗
Pass: /metadata responded in 375 ms (median across 3 reachable vantages on one network)R2 Spec ↗

Capability transparency80

Pass: fhirVersion declared: '4.0.1' (expected 4.x)T1 Spec ↗
Needs attention: software name/version missingT2 Spec ↗
Pass: 7 resource types declaredT3 Spec ↗
Pass: 7/7 declared resources document their interactionsT4 Spec ↗

Interop readiness0

Needs attention: 7 profile canonical(s) declared in rest.resource.profile, none of them US Core, CARIN, or Da Vinci; also checked rest.resource.supportedProfile, instantiates, imports, meta.profileI1 Spec ↗
Note: SMART discovery not applicable: a Provider Directory API is public by designI2 Spec ↗
Note: OAuth security not applicable: a Provider Directory API is public by designI3 Spec ↗

Observed since 2026-08-08; no changes to declared capability recorded.

Registry provenance

How this entry was verified

live CapabilityStatement fetch (fhirVersion 4.0.1, 7 resource types); publisher field reads 'IEHP' and implementation description 'IEHP Provider Directory - FHIR Endpoint' on an IEHP-controlled domain. IEHP's developer portal describes it as 'a publicly available standards-based open API', which matches the Provider Directory API requirement to be reachable without authentication (recorded 2026-08-07)

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