> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Check Availity decisions now

> Reads the payer's decision for your open Availity requests, as the daily check does. Runs in the background (202); read the results from the requests list. At most once every 10 minutes per organization. CoverMyMeds decisions are checked hourly automatically.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/ext-api-v1.json post /prior-auth/status-checks
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Healos External API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    External API for managing patients, documents, and appointments, listing
    providers and note templates, pulling clinical notes (with transcript and
    patient context), and running insurance eligibility checks.
servers:
  - url: https://api.healos.ai/ext-api/v1
    description: Production
  - url: http://localhost:8787/ext-api/v1
    description: Local development
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
paths:
  /prior-auth/status-checks:
    post:
      tags:
        - Prior Auth
      summary: Check Availity decisions now
      description: >-
        Reads the payer's decision for your open Availity requests, as the daily
        check does. Runs in the background (202); read the results from the
        requests list. At most once every 10 minutes per organization.
        CoverMyMeds decisions are checked hourly automatically.
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Check started
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PriorAuthStatusCheckResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: Insufficient scope
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: No Availity workflow in your organization
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '409':
          description: Checked recently, or a workflow is running
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitError'
components:
  schemas:
    PriorAuthStatusCheckResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            started:
              type: boolean
            track:
              type: string
              enum:
                - availity
          required:
            - started
            - track
      required:
        - data
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
      required:
        - error
    RateLimitError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          example: Rate limit exceeded. Please retry after the window resets.
      required:
        - error
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: API key obtained from /api/v1/ext-api-keys

````

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