PUT Request to Plans

This page notes the requirements for sending a PUT request to a plan in the Ideon API. This request allows changes to a created Plan, with the exception of certain elements.

Ideon	Provide?	Usage and Mapping
external_identifier*	Required, can be Updated	This is an identifier that your system can use or generate to identify the plan. This is in addition to our id that we generate upon creation.
description*	Required, can be Updated	This is the description of a given plan - This is often the Plan Marketing Name displayed to an employee when electing the plan option.
product_line*	Required, cannot be updated in PUT	This is the Product Line of the given plan option - Values: medical dental vision life accidental_death_dismemberment life_accidental_death_dismemberment accident critical_illness hospital_indemnity disability

For some product lines, the fields below are required in a PUT request (similar to our POST request requirements

Ideon		Usage and Mapping
product_type	Required, cannot be updated in PUT	Required for: medical - values health_maintenance_organization, high_deductible_health_plan, preferred_provider_organization, exclusive_provider_organization, point_of_service, indemnity disability - values short_term, long_term
premium_level	Required, can be Updated	Required for: dental vision values: base, buyup, none
voluntary	Required, cannot be updated in PUT	critical illness hospital_indemnity life life_accidental_death_dismemberment accidental_death_dismemberment disability
covered_member_types	Required, can be Updated	life life_accidental_death_dismemberment accidental_death_dismemberment disability Values: employee, partner, child

See Additional Documentation for links to our current API documentation.