Creates an Authorization for a single prior-authorization request.
An authorization tracks requirement collection, payer submission, receipt, and final outcome. Create one authorization per payer submission you want Collate to manage.
The request pins the provider, payer, service code, and final-submission
policy. Collate resolves the route internally. Optional initial answers are
merged before the case is created. The response is the current authorization
snapshot — questionnaire, requirements, and nextAction — at version 1.
Creating an authorization does not submit anything to the payer. Inspect the
returned snapshot, resolve any blockers, and call
Confirm an authorization
only when the authorization exposes a confirmable nextAction.
Reuse the same Idempotency-Key to retry a create safely. Reusing it with a
different request body returns 409 idempotency_key_reused.
Returns the newly created authorization.