Public surface / Payer Provider Directory APIs

L.A. Care Health Plan Provider Directory API

This endpoint declares a complete, interoperable public surface.

Current grade A

Reachability100

Capability transparency100

Interop readiness100

Observed surface

Base URL: https://us107.ir4.edifecscloud.com/lac/fhir/pd/R4
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

A grade describes two public discovery documents at one point in time. It does not inspect patient data, authenticated behavior, or clinical quality.

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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 413 ms (median across 3 reachable vantages on one network)R2 Spec ↗

Capability transparency100

Pass: fhirVersion declared: '4.0.1' (expected 4.x)T1 Spec ↗
Pass: software name and version declaredT2 Spec ↗
Pass: 24 resource types declaredT3 Spec ↗
Pass: 24/24 declared resources document their interactionsT4 Spec ↗

Interop readiness100

Pass: US Core / CARIN / Da Vinci profiles declared in rest.resource.supportedProfileI1 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 ↗

Declared capability changes

2026-08-08: software_version: '5.4.1.13_edfx' -> '5.4.1.11_edfx'
2026-08-08: software_version: '5.4.1.11_edfx' -> '5.4.1.13_edfx'
2026-08-11: software_version: '5.4.1.13_edfx' -> '5.4.1.11_edfx'
2026-08-12: software_version: '5.4.1.11_edfx' -> '5.4.1.13_edfx'
2026-08-13: software_version: '5.4.1.13_edfx' -> '5.4.1.11_edfx'
2026-08-14: software_version: '5.4.1.11_edfx' -> '5.4.1.13_edfx'
2026-08-15: software_version: '5.4.1.13_edfx' -> '5.4.1.11_edfx'

Registry provenance

How this entry was verified

live CapabilityStatement fetch (fhirVersion 4.0.1, 24 resource types); implementation.url matches the requested base exactly. The document names no organization at all: publisher reads 'Not provided' and software is a generic 'HAPI FHIR Server' with an Edifecs build suffix (5.4.1.11_edfx) on an Edifecs-controlled host. Attribution to L.A. Care rests entirely on the plan publishing this exact string as its 'PROD Base/Endpoint URL' at https://lacare.org/technical-information, never on the 'lac' path segment (recorded 2026-08-07)

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