We would like to request a few new features in the Open Dental API. Hopefully these are small things for your team to tackle. Below are the details:
New API Request - Update Claim Date of Accident
We have a requirement in our application to be able to update the AccidentDate field on a claim.
Use Case
- A new claim is created in Open Dental
- We find and bring the new claim into our application using the Open Dental API
- A user determines that the date of the accident is incorrect or missing
- The user selects a date to apply to the date of accident field
- We use the Open Dental API to request that the AccidentDate field be updated to the newly selected value.
There is already an endpoint in the Open Dental API called “Claims PUT” that allows us to update a claim. Our expectation is that this same endpoint be given the additional ability to also accept a value for and update the date of accident on the claim in Open Dental.
New API Request - Update Provider
We have a requirement in our application to be able to update the details of a provider in Open Dental.
Use Case
- A new claim is created in Open Dental
- We find and bring the new claim into our application using the Open Dental API
- A user determines that details on one of the providers associated with the claim is incorrect. For example, their State License, SSN or Specialty.
- The user corrects the field with the incorrect value
- We use the Open Dental API to request that Open Dental update the provider information with the new user-provided details.
We request a Providers PUT endpoint be created that allows us to update the following fields of a provider:
- PreferredName
- Abbr
- FName
- LName
- MI
- Suffix
- Specialty (We expect to pass DefNum here)
- NationalProvId
- StateLicense
- SSN
- UsingTIN
New API Request - Delete Claim
We have a requirement in our application to be able to delete a claim.
Use Case
- A new claim is created in Open Dental
- We find and bring the new claim into our application using the Open Dental API
- A user determines that this claim needs to be deleted
- The user clicks the Delete button in our application
- We use the Open Dental API to request that the claim be deleted
We request that a Claim DELETE endpoint be created that allows us to request that a claim be deleted and that any checks or validations that currently run when a claim deletion is attempted in Open Dental also run when attempted through the API.
That's all of them!
We really appreciate all your help on all of these requests both here and those we've made in the past.
Thank you