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  1. Reveiw outstanding work on agreed upon topics:
    1. insurance information option: this is an optional feature which implmeneters can claim, and defines the inclusion of the IN1 and GT1 HL7 v2 segments in the initial request (required for this option), and well as payer information in the referral note (otpional)
      1. add to IG wiki
      2. create and submit a Change Proposal (CP) to IHE PCC for inclusion in 360X profile.
    2. add information on how to incorporate the appropriate codes or eCQM measure CMS 50 "Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report" (currently on version 8). The codes will be sent in the Event Code List in the metadata. Outstanding steps:
      1. retreive the value sets specified in the measure (identified by their OID) from the Value Set Authority Center at NLM and determine which codes are appropriate. Initial arget are the value sets for: "Consultant Report" (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.121.12.1006) and "Referral" (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.101.12.1046)
      2. add the guidance to the IG wiki
      3. create and submit a Change Proposal (CP) to IHE PCC for inclusion in 360X US Natianl extension
  2. Topics agreed to in principle, but no detailed discussions yet:
    1. How to combine Argonaut Scheduling and 360X so that from a user's point of view there are few, if any, differences from the way 360X with the scheduling option is supposed to work.
      1. We will discuss at next meeting
  3. New topic: Prior authorizations done by the referral initiator.
    1. Background: The development of 360X has stayed away from any interactions between providers and payers, as these interactions are governed by HIPAA and there are existing well-established workflows for them. The "products" of these interactions, however, are of interest to 360X, as the information is in many cases useful to be shared between referral initiator and referral recipient. This is what the insurance information option provides - since in most cases the referral initiator would have verified the coverage for the patient, so they can send the coverage information under which the referral is made to the referral recipient. In many cases, the referral recipient is the one who then performes any pre-authorization steps if necessary. Having the insurance information available helps with that task.
      There are cases, however, where the referral initiator will perform the pre-authorization check, and the approval then needs to be sent to the referral recipient. One example of when this might happen is when the initiator's organization is both the provder and the payer. In order to handle this, we need to determine how that information will be sent.
    2. Options to consider
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