specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Centene
providerId: centene
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Healthcare
  - FHIR
  - CMS Interoperability
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: 'FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Centene''s public FHIR interoperability APIs. The APIs themselves
  are free (CMS-mandated read access); FinOps reporting therefore tracks the consumer-side cost of integrating
  — engineering effort, supporting cloud infrastructure, and SMART-on-FHIR app maintenance — rather
  than per-call invoice lines.'
notes: APIs are free to authorized developers; meters track consumption for capacity planning and consumer-side
  cost-of-integration reporting.
sources:
  - https://partners.centene.com/apis
  - https://partners.centene.com/applicationDeveloper
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: Centene Corporation
serviceCategory: Healthcare Interoperability
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Free (Regulator-Mandated)
  billingFrequency: N/A
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Centene FHIR Interoperability APIs
  ServiceCategory: Healthcare Interoperability
  ProviderName: Centene
  PublisherName: Centene Corporation
  InvoiceIssuerName: Centene Corporation
  BillingCurrency: USD
meters:
  - name: patient_access_requests
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - application
      - resource_type
  - name: provider_directory_requests
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - resource_type
  - name: pdex_rtr_requests
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - payer
      - resource_type
  - name: registered_applications
    unit: application
    aggregation: count
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Track per-application Patient Access call volume from the partner portal; correlate
      with the consuming app's downstream cloud spend (compute, storage of cached FHIR resources) to
      see total cost-of-integration.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Tag the consuming application's cloud workload with its Centene partner-portal client
      identifier so the consumer-side cost is attributable to the same product.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Cache Provider Directory at the documented refresh cadence rather than polling per request;
      use SMART-on-FHIR refresh tokens to avoid repeated full auth flows.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Compliance / interoperability lead owns the Centene partner-portal relationship; product
      engineering owns SMART-on-FHIR app uptime; finance reports the integration's cost-of-service even
      though Centene does not invoice for it.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com