generated: '2026-08-15'
method: searched
source: https://docs.surescripts.com/eprescribing/home
docs:
  - https://docs.surescripts.com/eprescribing/home
  - https://docs.surescripts.com/connectivity/home
  - https://docs.surescripts.com/medhistory-populations/guide/integration-and-production
note: >-
  Surescripts runs a real staging environment, but it is NOT self-serve. There is no public
  sandbox sign-up, no test API key and no downloadable test fixtures; access to staging is
  granted by Surescripts as part of onboarding, and the same mutual-TLS client certificate
  requirement applies. Everything below is published on the public pages of the Developer
  Portal. No test values are invented here - the only test identifiers Surescripts publishes
  publicly are the participant-ID examples in the header documentation.
environments:
  - name: staging
    self_serve: false
    description: >-
      Design, develop and test a product integration before certification. Customers are given
      access during the Integration phase; message validation testing covers message format,
      application workflow and display against the Surescripts documentation.
    consoles:
      - name: Workbench (Staging)
        url: https://staging.sso.surescripts.net/account/login
        purpose: Get connected to the testing environment and key implementation tools
      - name: Directory Manager (Staging)
        url: https://staging.directory.surescripts.net/home
        purpose: Manage your organization's data within the Surescripts Staging Directory
      - name: Message Search (Staging)
        url: https://staging.support.surescripts.net/messages/home
        purpose: Search for, troubleshoot and review transactions
      - name: Message Tester (Staging)
        url: https://admin-staging.surescripts.net/erxmessagemanager/home
        purpose: Test upgrade messages in real time for E-Prescribing
      - name: Configuration / Certification (Staging)
        url: https://staging.configuration.surescripts.net/certification/learning-resources
        purpose: Certification learning resources
      - name: Formulary Insights (Staging)
        url: https://staging.configuration.surescripts.net/formulary-insights/home
        purpose: Formulary data inspection
  - name: production
    self_serve: false
    description: >-
      Enabled only after certification testing completes and the contract is approved by the
      Surescripts Certification Review Board, plus any applicable Identity Proofing,
      attestations and DEA third-party audit for EPCS.
    consoles:
      - name: Workbench
        url: https://sso.surescripts.net/account/login
      - name: Case Management
        url: https://community.surescripts.net/cases
test_identifiers:
  - kind: participant-id
    pattern: T########## (leading T)
    published_example: T00000000012345
    field: X-SENDER-UID
    detail: >-
      Participant IDs beginning with T appear throughout the staging examples in the guides
      (e.g. the Formulary Download list examples use pbmId values such as T00000000021633),
      while production PBM identifiers in the same examples begin with D. This is Surescripts'
      published convention, not a magic value a caller may use - a certificate and a configured
      Participant ID are still required.
    source: https://docs.surescripts.com/medhistory-populations/guide/http-request-headers
test_tooling:
  - name: Certification Tester
    url: https://surescripts.com/insights/ncpdp-upgrade-certification-tester
    description: Self-driving certification tool built by Surescripts to support NCPDP standards
  - name: Pre-Onboarding Information
    url: https://surescripts.highspot.com/viewer/1b2f4c5d87919557373e650973e0d191
    description: Prerequisites and pre-onboarding information
test_credentials:
  api_keys: false
  test_cards: false
  time_simulation: false
  fixtures_published: false
  note: >-
    Surescripts publishes worked request/response examples (FHIR bundles, formulary list
    payloads, NCPDP message examples) in the guides, but no callable test credentials.