Reimbursement Events — Proposed Guide

Planned API — Reference Only

Reimbursement Events: Reimbursement events could distinguish eligibility, attempted processing, settlement evidence and returns. A processing event must…

Overview

Reimbursement events could distinguish eligibility, attempted processing, settlement evidence and returns. A processing event must not be interpreted as an instruction to issue another payment.

Key concepts

Include reimbursement and attempt references. Preserve a provider outcome through an authorized non-secret reference.

Implementation considerations

Duplicate events must not create duplicate repayments. Every settlement-related fixture is synthetic and causes no financial action.

Illustrative data model

This local fixture shows a possible representation for the concepts above. It is not an endpoint response, production configuration or a claim that the described capability is implemented.

JSON fixture

Fictional concept fixture

{
  "reference_only": true,
  "topic": "Reimbursement Events",
  "event_id": "event_example_123",
  "reimbursement_id": "reimb_example_123",
  "attempt_id": "attempt_example_123",
  "status": "draft"
}

Design review checklist

Document which organization owns the reimbursement events representation and which actor may view or change it.
Test the boundaries of event id, reimbursement id, attempt id, status using synthetic values, including missing or inconsistent references.
Before future implementation, obtain an approved contract and review failure behavior. This documentation does not authorize production activation.

Proposed data types

Illustrative field dictionary
Name	Type	Description
event_id	string	Stable fictional event reference; not a secret and not evidence that a resource exists.
reimbursement_id	string	Stable fictional reimbursement reference; not a secret and not evidence that a resource exists.
attempt_id	string	Stable fictional attempt reference; not a secret and not evidence that a resource exists.
status	string	Proposed lifecycle value. Its meaning depends on the resource and must not be inferred from HTTP success.

Approval Events

Webhooks & Events

User Events