GetPayerTypes

Gets payer types (e.g. Patient, Employer, Issuer, School, etc.). This allows the patient to nominate another payer to pay for services.

JavaScript library method

patientportal.appointment.getPayerTypes({
    patient: <patient>,
    referral: <referral>,
    recall: <recall>
});

HTTP Method

Verb	URL
GET	/patientportalapi/appointment/payer-types

URL Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
patient	string (optional)	The key of the patient provided by the API upon section Patients. Used to book an appointment for a different patient within your company. Default is the logged in patient.
referral	string (optional)	The key of the referral provided by the API upon GetReferrals. Used to book an appointment for a specific referral.
recall	string (optional)	The key of the recall provided by the API upon method GetRecalls. Used to book an appointment for a specific recall.

Returns

PayerType[]

Remarks

The method always returns at least one payer type. If there are more payer types the first type is patient’s default payer type.