1 - Specialty Referral

Specialty care referral notifications encompass those transactions where a provider requests or grants permission to refer or send a patient to another provider, generally a specialist. These types of transactions generally are shared between a primary care physician and a UMO. However, they may just as easily be shared between any two providers or UMOs. The following example contains a notification of authorization for an initial service consisting of a single office visit for a consultation at the provider's office.