Consent gate (the legal linchpin from the wet-signature memo):
- migration 092 adds ink_consent/ink_consent_at/ink_consent_text to esign_records
- extract pure, unit-tested gate logic into esign-ink-consent.ts (DRY single
source for route + signing page): isInkReproduction / inkConsentRequired /
inkConsentSatisfied + verbatim client-safe INK_CONSENT_TEXT
- portal-esign-generic.ts: GET surfaces ink_reproduction + consent text; POST
gates DRAWN signatures on ink-path docs on explicit consent, stores it
- signing page locks the signature block until consent is checked (drawn only)
- npi_provider marks cms855/cms10114 esign metadata ink_reproduction=true
- 33 unit checks: gate truth table + consent text omits all internal mechanics
(plotter/machine/CMS/MAC/etc) and keeps required legal reassurances
Patent-risk memo (docs/legal/patent-risk-mechanical-wet-signature.md):
- prior-art-dated risk analysis (autopen 1803/1942, plotters, CNC = public domain
=> low risk on core concept; e-sign workflow space litigious)
- firsthand recent-grant sweep (1.58M USPTO grants 2021-2025, queried via DuckDB):
ZERO patents on machine-applies-signature-in-ink; e-sign players hold only
electronic-workflow patents. Not an FTO; flags where attorney search is needed
Telegram notifications:
- Add shared scripts/workers/telegram_notify.py (send_telegram, notify_fulfillment_todo,
create_admin_todo) so every worker alerts the operator the same way; fire-and-forget.
- Fire notify_fulfillment_todo after each admin_todos insert across all 8 service
handlers (9 sites) so no fulfillment task waits unseen.
(Orders + quotes + tickets already notified via checkout/quotes/tickets routes.)
Client portal order progress:
- order-timeline: derive real per-step status from live signals (payment paid,
e-signature signed, fulfillment_status) instead of a static template; add
current_step to the response.
- Extract pure applyLiveStatus into order-timeline-status.ts (DB-free) + unit test
(api/test/test_timeline_status.ts, 8 cases).
- portal /me now returns compliance_orders.fulfillment_status.
- Dashboard renders a client-safe Progress badge (In progress / Action needed /
Filed-awaiting-confirmation / Completed); batches show the most actionable status.
No back-office mechanics exposed.
ERPNext sync parity:
- Create a Sales Order for formation and fcc_carrier_registration orders (previously
only canada_crtc + compliance synced); write erpnext_sales_order back to each table.
Non-blocking, matches existing pattern.
Verified: API tsc clean, timeline unit tests 8/8, Astro build 58 pages,
cms10114/ink/paper_batch Python tests still green, no mechanics leaks.
Verified firsthand against the live CMS-10114 (Rev. 02/25, OMB 0938-0931):
- Section 1A confirms paper is valid for Change of Information (#2) AND
Reactivation (#4), not just initial enumeration. Resolves the UNCERTAIN flag.
- Current mailing address is CMS NPI Enumerator Services, Mail Stop DO-01-51,
7500 Security Blvd, Baltimore MD 21244. The old Fargo PO Box 6059 is retired;
corrected in mac_routing.NPI_ENUMERATOR + all docs.
- No electronic no-login equivalent exists for CMS (NPI Registry API is
read-only; PECOS/NPPES-IA require login), unlike FMCSA's ask.fmcsa ticket form.
So tiers stay: Standard=paper CMS-10114 (no login), Expedited=NPPES surrogate.
New: cms10114_pdf_filler.py fills the flat official form via text overlay
(reason checkbox + NPI + Section 2A identity + Section 4A cert name + signature
anchor); wired into npi_provider._generate_10114_for_signing for nppes-update.
Signed forms route to the NPI Enumerator via the existing daily batch.
Tests: test_cms10114.py 27/27, test_paper_batch.py 15/15, Astro build 58 pages.
- NpiIntakeStep: add positively-framed 'can you grant electronic I&A Surrogate
access?' question for all filing slugs (reval/reactivation/nppes-update/
enrollment/bundle). Optional, never required, never mentions paper; captured
as intake_data.surrogate_access (yes/no/blank). Astro build green (58 pages).
- npi_provider.py: surface the surrogate answer in the admin todo so fulfillment
knows EXPEDITED (online via surrogate) vs STANDARD (e-sign + daily mail batch).
- Verified Standard(no-login)/Expedited(surrogate) matrix from official CMS-855
PDFs (docs/healthcare-filing-tiers-verified.md): reactivation+revalidation are
855I paper-to-MAC reasons, original-signature, routed by state; sig may not be
delegated; 855B needs PECOS app fee.
- Add scripts/workers/mac_routing.py: state->MAC routing (all 56 jurisdictions,
12 destinations) for envelope addressing + daily batch grouping. Addresses
marked VERIFY before live mail.
- npi_provider.py: fix access strings to two-tier framing; NPPES update/reactivation
no longer 'online-only'; note 855B fee.
- checkout.ts + service pages: strip client-facing mechanics & the paper-vs-tier
choice; surrogate is the only optional, positively-framed ask (faster, never
required, never share password).
CMS healthcare portals (NPPES, PECOS, I&A) block datacenter IPs, so the
healthcare browser automation needs to egress via the residential proxy on
hg409y7ez04.sn.mynetname.net (username 'performancewest').
- undetected_browser: use_proxy now accepts an env-var name, so callers can
select a domain-specific proxy. _proxy_config(proxy_env) reads it and falls
back to UNDETECTED_PROXY_URL. Healthcare uses 'HEALTHCARE_PROXY_URL'.
- probe_npi_undetected: launches with use_proxy='HEALTHCARE_PROXY_URL' when set.
- npi_provider: documents that the (future) automated NPPES/PECOS flows must
use the healthcare proxy.
- Plumb HEALTHCARE_PROXY_URL (+ UNDETECTED_PROXY_URL fallback) through the
ansible env template and docker-compose workers env.
The credential itself is NOT in the repo. Set the full URL in the ansible
vault as vault_healthcare_proxy_url:
socks5://performancewest:<password>@hg409y7ez04.sn.mynetname.net:<port>
Verified parsing + Playwright proxy-dict wiring with a unit test.
Copy: drop paper/electronic/fax framing across the revalidation + enrollment
marketing pages and the order-confirmation email; present two service tiers:
- Standard filing (no CMS account; we prepare CMS-855, you sign, we submit to MAC)
- Expedited filing (CMS I&A surrogate access; same-day PECOS filing + tracking)
Internal worker todos + the _STANDARD_FILING_SLUGS identifier updated to match.
New scripts/test_healthcare_e2e.py validates the whole order line (slug
consistency x6 places, price agreement, intake field collection+enforcement,
worker dispatch, handler execution producing CMS-855 PDF+anchor, free-tool
action_urls). 45 checks.
Bugs found + fixed by the test:
- medicare-enrollment requires practice_state server-side but the wizard never
enforced it -> orders could be paid then stall. Wizard now requires it.
- determine_form_type defaulted org NPIs to the individual 855I because
enumeration_type is never collected -> wrong form, CMS rejection. Now does a
live NPPES lookup (safe 855I fallback).
- cms855_pdf_filler.py: fills official CMS-855I/B/O/A AcroForms from intake
(name, NPI, DOB, cert-page printed name) and records the signature anchor at
the form's official /Sig box so the e-sign stamper lands on the cert line.
- npi_provider handlers (revalidation/reactivation/enrollment) now generate the
paper CMS-855, upload it to MinIO, request_esign with anchors, and email the
signing link. Human completes/verifies + USPS Priority Mails to the MAC.
- scripts/Dockerfile: copy the official CMS-855I/B/O/A forms into the image.
- order-confirmation email presents both filing methods: paper CMS-855 (no
account needed, client e-signs one page, we print+mail to their MAC) and
I&A surrogacy (faster, needs CMS account). NPPES-only services note that
surrogacy is required (web-only).
- npi_provider handlers record the access model per service in admin todos.
- marketing copy leads with the lowest-friction paper option.
