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Independence Blue Cross Medications & Formulary FHIR

Naftiko capability surfacing the Independence Blue Cross public Da Vinci US Drug Formulary (USDF) FHIR R4 API together with related medication reads from the Patient Access surface. The Drug Formulary API is public and unauthenticated; the patient-scoped MedicationRequest / Medication / MedicationDispense reads require a SMART on FHIR bearer token bound to a member context.

Independence Blue Cross Medications & Formulary FHIR is a Naftiko capability published by Independence Blue Cross, one of 4 capabilities the APIs.io network indexes for this provider. It bundles 4 operations across the GET method.

The capability includes 5 read-only operations. Lead operation: Search the IBX MedicationKnowledge formulary (public). Can be deployed as a REST endpoint, MCP tool, or Agent Skill via Naftiko.

Tagged areas include Independence Blue Cross, Drug Formulary, USDF, Medications, and Pharmacy Benefits.

Run with Naftiko Independence Blue CrossDrug FormularyUSDFMedicationsPharmacy BenefitsFHIR

What You Can Do

GET
Searchformularymedicationknowledge — Search MedicationKnowledge
/v1/formulary/medication-knowledge
GET
Searchformularylists — Search formulary Lists
/v1/formulary/lists
GET
Readmedication — Read Medication
/v1/medications/{id}
GET
Readmedicationdispense — Read MedicationDispense
/v1/medication-dispenses/{id}

MCP Tools

search-formulary-medication-knowledge

Search the IBX MedicationKnowledge formulary (public)

read-only idempotent
read-formulary-medication-knowledge

Read a MedicationKnowledge entry by id (public)

read-only idempotent
search-formulary-lists

Search formulary List resources (public)

read-only idempotent
read-medication

Read a Medication by id (patient-scoped)

read-only idempotent
read-medication-dispense

Read a MedicationDispense by id (patient-scoped)

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

independence-blue-cross-medications-and-formulary.yaml Raw ↑
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Independence Blue Cross Medications & Formulary FHIR
  description: >-
    Naftiko capability surfacing the Independence Blue Cross public Da
    Vinci US Drug Formulary (USDF) FHIR R4 API together with related
    medication reads from the Patient Access surface. The Drug
    Formulary API is public and unauthenticated; the patient-scoped
    MedicationRequest / Medication / MedicationDispense reads require
    a SMART on FHIR bearer token bound to a member context.
  tags:
    - Independence Blue Cross
    - Drug Formulary
    - USDF
    - Medications
    - Pharmacy Benefits
    - FHIR
  created: '2026-05-23'
  modified: '2026-05-23'
binds:
  - namespace: env
    keys:
      IBX_PATIENT_BEARER_TOKEN: IBX_PATIENT_BEARER_TOKEN
capability:
  consumes:
    - type: http
      namespace: ibx-formulary
      baseUri: https://eapics.ibx.com/formulary/v1/fhir
      description: >-
        Independence Blue Cross Da Vinci US Drug Formulary FHIR R4
        endpoint. Publicly queryable; do NOT attach member bearer
        tokens.
      resources:
        - name: MedicationKnowledge
          path: /MedicationKnowledge
          operations:
            - name: searchMedicationKnowledge
              method: GET
              description: Search MedicationKnowledge entries in the IBX formulary
              outputRawFormat: json
              inputParameters:
                - name: code
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: false
                - name: drug-name
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: false
              outputParameters:
                - name: result
                  type: object
                  value: $.
            - name: readMedicationKnowledge
              method: GET
              path: /MedicationKnowledge/{id}
              description: Read a MedicationKnowledge entry by id
              outputRawFormat: json
              inputParameters:
                - name: id
                  in: path
                  type: string
                  required: true
              outputParameters:
                - name: result
                  type: object
                  value: $.
        - name: List
          path: /List
          operations:
            - name: searchFormularyList
              method: GET
              description: Search the formulary List resources (covered drug lists, tier lists)
              outputRawFormat: json
              inputParameters:
                - name: code
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: false
              outputParameters:
                - name: result
                  type: object
                  value: $.
    - type: http
      namespace: ibx-medications
      baseUri: https://eapics.ibx.com/patient/v1/fhir
      description: >-
        Patient-scoped medication reads from the IBX Patient Access
        API. Requires a SMART on FHIR bearer token.
      resources:
        - name: Medication
          path: /Medication/{id}
          operations:
            - name: readMedication
              method: GET
              description: Read a Medication resource by id
              outputRawFormat: json
              inputParameters:
                - name: id
                  in: path
                  type: string
                  required: true
              outputParameters:
                - name: result
                  type: object
                  value: $.
        - name: MedicationDispense
          path: /MedicationDispense/{id}
          operations:
            - name: readMedicationDispense
              method: GET
              description: Read a MedicationDispense resource by id
              outputRawFormat: json
              inputParameters:
                - name: id
                  in: path
                  type: string
                  required: true
              outputParameters:
                - name: result
                  type: object
                  value: $.
      authentication:
        type: bearer
        token: '{{env.IBX_PATIENT_BEARER_TOKEN}}'
  exposes:
    - type: rest
      namespace: ibx-medications-rest
      port: 8083
      description: REST adapter merging public formulary lookups with patient-scoped medication reads.
      resources:
        - path: /v1/formulary/medication-knowledge
          name: formulary-medication-knowledge
          description: Search MedicationKnowledge in the IBX formulary
          operations:
            - method: GET
              name: searchFormularyMedicationKnowledge
              description: Search MedicationKnowledge
              call: ibx-formulary.searchMedicationKnowledge
              with:
                code: rest.code
                drug-name: rest.drug_name
              outputParameters:
                - type: object
                  mapping: $.
        - path: /v1/formulary/lists
          name: formulary-lists
          description: Search formulary List resources
          operations:
            - method: GET
              name: searchFormularyLists
              description: Search formulary Lists
              call: ibx-formulary.searchFormularyList
              with:
                code: rest.code
              outputParameters:
                - type: object
                  mapping: $.
        - path: /v1/medications/{id}
          name: medication
          description: Read a Medication by id (patient-scoped)
          operations:
            - method: GET
              name: readMedication
              description: Read Medication
              call: ibx-medications.readMedication
              with:
                id: rest.id
              outputParameters:
                - type: object
                  mapping: $.
        - path: /v1/medication-dispenses/{id}
          name: medication-dispense
          description: Read a MedicationDispense by id (patient-scoped)
          operations:
            - method: GET
              name: readMedicationDispense
              description: Read MedicationDispense
              call: ibx-medications.readMedicationDispense
              with:
                id: rest.id
              outputParameters:
                - type: object
                  mapping: $.
    - type: mcp
      namespace: ibx-medications-mcp
      port: 9093
      transport: http
      description: MCP adapter exposing formulary lookups (public) and patient-scoped medication reads.
      tools:
        - name: search-formulary-medication-knowledge
          description: Search the IBX MedicationKnowledge formulary (public)
          hints:
            readOnly: true
            destructive: false
            idempotent: true
          call: ibx-formulary.searchMedicationKnowledge
          with:
            code: tools.code
            drug-name: tools.drug_name
        - name: read-formulary-medication-knowledge
          description: Read a MedicationKnowledge entry by id (public)
          hints:
            readOnly: true
            destructive: false
            idempotent: true
          call: ibx-formulary.readMedicationKnowledge
          with:
            id: tools.id
        - name: search-formulary-lists
          description: Search formulary List resources (public)
          hints:
            readOnly: true
            destructive: false
            idempotent: true
          call: ibx-formulary.searchFormularyList
          with:
            code: tools.code
        - name: read-medication
          description: Read a Medication by id (patient-scoped)
          hints:
            readOnly: true
            destructive: false
            idempotent: true
          call: ibx-medications.readMedication
          with:
            id: tools.id
        - name: read-medication-dispense
          description: Read a MedicationDispense by id (patient-scoped)
          hints:
            readOnly: true
            destructive: false
            idempotent: true
          call: ibx-medications.readMedicationDispense
          with:
            id: tools.id