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+ # Changelog
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+
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+ All notable changes to this project are documented here. The format follows
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+ [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/), and this project
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+ adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
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+ ## [0.1.4] — 2026-06-27
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+
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+ First distribution to PyPI via Trusted Publishing (packaging/release only, no code changes).
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+
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+ ## [0.1.3] — 2026-06-09
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+
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+ Frontier-autonomy README section + 'for reviewers & safety teams' note; links the framework and the non-financial agent-coordination demo. Medical-necessity scope disclaimer unchanged. No source changes.
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+
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+ ## [0.1.2] — 2026-06-09
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+ Documentation release: README upgraded to the conversion standard (buyer-first hook, live CI/release badges, inline trust boundary, family block). Medical-necessity scope disclaimer unchanged. No source changes.
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+
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+ ## [0.1.1] — 2026-06-06
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+ Documentation and metadata patch (no code/behavior change).
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+
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+ ### Changed
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+ - Backfilled the Zenodo DOI (concept `10.5281/zenodo.20564377`) into
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+ `CITATION.cff`, the README badge, and `DOI-PLAN.md`; added `.zenodo.json`
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+ - Scrubbed internal build-process references from public files (planning notes,
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+ section markers) and strengthened `scripts/no_internal_notes_lint.py` to catch
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+ that class.
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+ - Litigation golden-corpus entry restated using the complaint's own words.
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+
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+ ## [0.1.0] — 2026-06-05
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+ Initial release. Module (a) health-payer (aligned to the NAIC Model Bulletin framework).
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+ ### Added
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+
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+ - **Five corrected-spec primitives** (`governance/`):
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+ - Autonomy-ladder level-gate requiring independent attestation (rejects
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+ self-attestation, stale, and evidence-less claims); labeled advisory.
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+ - Sovereign veto — un-self-clearable; mandatory `Authorizer` in production
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+ mode; `operator_id` bound to an authenticated principal; documented durable
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+ state store.
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+ - Hash-chain audit ledger — verifier branches the genesis seed so both
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+ deployer-keyed hardened chains and legacy chains verify; production mode
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+ requires an external witness anchor; in-place tamper detected on load and
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+ on verify.
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+ - DEFCON state machine — immediate escalation, transition-direction guard on
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+ de-escalation (no one-call `HALT`/`SHUTDOWN → NORMAL`).
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+ - Effective-challenge harness — enforces challenger ≠ primary; records an
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+ operator independence attestation to the chain.
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+ - **Module (a) health-payer controls** (`payer/`): funding-type obligation
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+ routing (CMS / ERISA / state DOI / ACA), UM-timeliness check,
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+ clinician-of-record-on-denial enforcement, appeal/IRO pathway control.
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+ - **CLI** (`payer-audit`): `info`, `verify`, `obligations`.
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+ - **Identity-guard hardening**: a shared NFKC + zero-width normalizer
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+ (`_normalize.py`) so the self-attestation (P1), self-clear (P2), and ERISA
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+ reviewer-independence guards cannot be defeated by Unicode-confusable or
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+ zero-width disguises of an id.
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+ - **PEP 561**: ships a `py.typed` marker so adopters consume the strict types.
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+ - **Audit-chain participation**: DEFCON transitions and the promotion gate now
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+ optionally emit to the audit chain, so every governance primitive can be
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+ ledgered.
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+ - **Tests**: unit + contract, property-based (thousands of generated cases),
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+ golden corpus of public matters of record (primary-source URLs), the five
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+ AL-PROBES under `tests/adversarial/`, a payer-not-FDA-SaMD boundary scan, and
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+ a mutation pass (`scripts/mutation_check.py`). **100% line coverage, 100%
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+ mutation kill** (gate floor ≥90%).
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+ - **Docs**: README, ARCHITECTURE (trust-boundary diagram), LIMITATIONS
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+ (payer-not-FDA-SaMD boundary), DISCLAIMER, FAILURE-MODES, NEGATIVE-USE-CASES,
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+ ASSURANCE-CATALOG, NOTICE, LICENSE, LICENSING, TRADEMARK, CITATION.cff, DOI-PLAN.
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+ ### Notes
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+ - Reference IP for adoption — not a deployed control. Makes no
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+ medical-necessity or clinical determination.
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+ - Module (b) P&C / Life-&-Annuity is on the roadmap and not yet shipped.
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+ - Zero runtime dependencies.
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+ message: "If you use this framework, please cite it as below."
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+ type: software
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+ title: "payer-agent-audit: Governance patterns for autonomous AI agents in health-insurance / payer operations"
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+ authors:
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+ - family-names: Bhaduri
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+ given-names: Kunjar
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+ affiliation: North Texas Capital Investments
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+ repository-code: "https://github.com/linus10x/payer-agent-audit"
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+ url: "https://github.com/linus10x/payer-agent-audit"
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+ abstract: >-
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+ Reference governance patterns, schemas, and runnable implementations for
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+ audit-ready autonomous AI agents in health-insurance / payer operations
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+ (utilization management, prior authorization, and claims/appeals support),
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+ aligned to the NAIC Model Bulletin framework. Ships five primitives built to a corrected
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+ specification — an autonomy-ladder level-gate requiring independent
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+ attestation, an un-self-clearable sovereign veto with a mandatory
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+ production-mode authorizer, a tamper-detecting hash-chain ledger
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+ (within-trust-boundary) whose verifier branches the genesis seed and whose
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+ production mode requires an external witness anchor, a DEFCON state machine
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+ with a transition-direction guard, and an effective-challenge harness that
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+ enforces challenger-not-equal-primary and records an operator independence
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+ attestation. Module (a) health-payer adds funding-type-aware obligation
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+ routing (CMS vs ERISA vs state DOI vs ACA) and three controls: UM timeliness,
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+ clinician-of-record-on-denial, and appeal/IRO pathway. The framework makes no
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+ medical-necessity or clinical determination — a payer coverage decision is a
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+ benefit adjudication under insurance law, distinct from FDA medical-device
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+ regulation. Maps to reference regulatory anchors including the NAIC Model
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+ Bulletin on insurer use of AI, CMS-0057-F, ERISA 29 CFR 2560.503-1, and ACA
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+ 45 CFR 147.136. Zero runtime dependencies. Independent research; no employer
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+ - ai-governance
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+ - health-insurance
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+ - payer
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+ - utilization-management
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+ - prior-authorization
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+ version: "0.1.4"
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+ doi: "10.5281/zenodo.20564377"
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+ # Licensing
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+ `payer-agent-audit` is dual-licensed under either of:
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+ - **Apache License, Version 2.0** — [LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) · [apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
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+ - **MIT license** — [LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) · [opensource.org/licenses/MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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+ at the election of the adopter. Election does not require notice to the maintainer.
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+ `SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0`
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+ ## Why dual
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+ - **Preserves the MIT citation graph** used by the sibling Autonomy Ladder libraries, so prior-adopter attribution does not break.
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+ - **Supplies the express patent grant** (Apache 2.0 §3) that Tier-1 regulated-industry legal review routinely requires before authorizing open-source software into a regulated supply chain; MIT does not supply it.
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+ - **Costs nothing at zero external contributors** and is reversible by a future maintainer (deprecating one arm is a SemVer-minor change; a unilateral re-license away from MIT is not).
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+ ## Adopter election
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+ Adopters cite the elected license in their NOTICE, third-party-license inventory, or equivalent. Any of these forms satisfies the requirement under both licenses:
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+ ```
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+ payer-agent-audit (Apache-2.0): https://github.com/linus10x/payer-agent-audit
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+ payer-agent-audit (MIT): https://github.com/linus10x/payer-agent-audit
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+ payer-agent-audit (MIT OR Apache-2.0): https://github.com/linus10x/payer-agent-audit
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+ ```
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+ ## Contributing under both licenses
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+ include src/payer_agent_audit/py.typed
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+ Copyright 2026 Kunjar Bhaduri / North Texas Capital Investments (NTCI)
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+ This product includes software developed by Kunjar Bhaduri and contributors.
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+ This is an independent research work authored by Kunjar Bhaduri through North
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+ Texas Capital Investments. It was developed independently, outside the scope of
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+ any employment, on the author's own time and resources, without use of any
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+ employer's or client's confidential, proprietary, or trade-secret information
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+ and without any employer or client equipment, systems, or facilities. It does
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+ not incorporate any employer or client intellectual property, is not a work
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+ made for hire for any employer or client, and does not represent the views of
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+ any employer or client. All regulatory content is drawn from public primary
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+ sources cited in the repository.
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+ Licensed under either of the Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE) or
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+ "Autonomy Ladder" and "ALO" are trademarks of NTCI Consulting, LLC (post-formation).
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+ Trademark use is governed by docs/TRADEMARK.md and is independent of the source-code
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+ license per Apache License 2.0 §6.