---
title: clsAttendingPhysicianCollection
summary: API reference for clsAttendingPhysicianCollection.
status: draft
owner: SAIF Doc Gen
last_reviewed: 2026-07-28
library: SAIF.Business.Claim.Maintenance
reference_type: package
---

# clsAttendingPhysicianCollection

`clsAttendingPhysicianCollection` holds the provider assignments for a claim and exposes primary, secondary, and alternate-care views together with indexed access to individual items.

## Purpose
- Organize a claim's attending-physician records by role and care-provider type.
- Support lookup and validation across the claim's provider assignments.

## Context

- Namespace: `SAIF.Business.Claim.Maintenance`
- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Business.Claim.Maintenance`

## Public members

| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `FirstAlternateCareProvider` | `Public ReadOnly Property FirstAlternateCareProvider() As clsAttendingPhysician` | Returns first alternate care provider. |
| `AdditionalAlternateCareProvider` | `Public ReadOnly Property AdditionalAlternateCareProvider() As clsAttendingPhysician` | Returns additional alternate care provider. |
| `ClaimID` | `Public Property ClaimID() As Decimal` | Gets or sets claim i d. |
| `ClaimData` | `Public ReadOnly Property ClaimData() As clsClaimData` | Returns claim data. |
| `PrimaryAttendings` | `Public ReadOnly Property PrimaryAttendings() As clsAttendingPhysicianCollection` | Returns primary attendings. |
| `SecondaryAttendings` | `Public ReadOnly Property SecondaryAttendings() As clsAttendingPhysicianCollection` | Returns secondary attendings. |
| `AlternateCareProviders` | `Public ReadOnly Property AlternateCareProviders() As clsAttendingPhysicianCollection` | Returns alternate care providers. |
| `Item` | `Default Public ReadOnly Property Item(ByVal Index As Integer) As clsAttendingPhysician` | Returns item. |
| `Item` | `Default Public ReadOnly Property Item(ByVal inAttendingPhysicianID As Decimal) As clsAttendingPhysician` | Returns item. |
| `CurrentItem` | `Public Shadows ReadOnly Property CurrentItem() As clsAttendingPhysician` | Returns current item. |
| `IsValid` | `Public Overrides ReadOnly Property IsValid() As Boolean` | Returns is valid. |
| `Save` | `Public Overrides Function Save() As Boolean` | Executes the `Save` operation. |
| `Contains` | `Public Overloads Function Contains(ByVal inAttendingPhysician As clsAttendingPhysician) As Boolean` | Exposes the public member. |
| `Contains` | `Public Overloads Function Contains(ByVal inAttendingPhysicianID As Decimal) As Boolean` | Exposes the public member. |
| `GetAttendingPhysicians` | `Public Shared Function GetAttendingPhysicians(ByVal inDataportal As IDataPortalInfo, ByVal inClaimID As Decimal) As clsAttendingPhysicianCollection` | Retrieves the `GetAttendingPhysicians` operation. |
| `Filter_IsActive` | `Public Shared Function Filter_IsActive(ByVal attending As clsAttendingPhysician) As Boolean` | Exposes the public member. |
| `Filter_IsER` | `Public Shared Function Filter_IsER(ByVal attending As clsAttendingPhysician) As Boolean` | Exposes the public member. |
| `Filter_IsPrimary` | `Public Shared Function Filter_IsPrimary(ByVal attending As clsAttendingPhysician) As Boolean` | Exposes the public member. |
| `Filter_IsNotPrimary` | `Public Shared Function Filter_IsNotPrimary(ByVal attending As clsAttendingPhysician) As Boolean` | Exposes the public member. |
| `Filter_IsAlternateCareProvider` | `Public Shared Function Filter_IsAlternateCareProvider(ByVal attending As clsAttendingPhysician) As Boolean` | Exposes the public member. |
| `Filter_IsQualifiedTerminationReasonCode` | `Public Shared Function Filter_IsQualifiedTerminationReasonCode(ByVal attending As clsAttendingPhysician) As Boolean` | Exposes the public member. |
| `Where` | `Public Function Where(ByVal match As Predicate(Of clsAttendingPhysician)) As clsAttendingPhysicianCollection` | Exposes the public member. |

## Behavioral notes

- This type is documented from its source declaration.
- The type participates in the `clsBusinessCollectionApiBase` inheritance path used by `SAIF.Business.Claim.Maintenance`.

## Constraints and usage notes

- Consumers should rely on the public members and BOF lifecycle patterns visible in the source file.

## Inherited members (from clsBusinessCollectionApiBase)

This collection type inherits the following public surface from `clsBusinessCollectionApiBase` (SAIF.Framework.Core), in addition to the members listed above:

| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `MyGuid` | `Public ReadOnly Property MyGuid() As String` | Returns the internal GUID that uniquely identifies this in-memory collection instance. |
| `ItemByGuid` | `Public ReadOnly Property ItemByGuid(inGuid As String) As clsBusinessApiBase` | Returns the collection member matching the given internal GUID. |
| `Contains` | `Public Function Contains(Item As clsBusinessApiBase) As Boolean` | Indicates whether the collection contains the given item. |
| `ContainsDeleted` | `Public Function ContainsDeleted(Item As clsBusinessApiBase) As Boolean` | Indicates whether the given item exists in the collection's deleted-items list. |
| `Rules` | `Public ReadOnly Property Rules() As clsRulesManager` | Returns the rules manager that tracks broken rules for the collection. |
| `ErrorCount / ErrorMessages` | `Public ReadOnly Property ErrorCount() As Integer` / `Public ReadOnly Property ErrorMessages() As String()` | Returns the count and text of broken error-severity rules across the collection. |
| `WarningCount / WarningMessages` | `Public ReadOnly Property WarningCount() As Integer` / `Public ReadOnly Property WarningMessages() As String()` | Returns the count and text of broken warning-severity rules across the collection. |
| `InformationalCount / InformationalMessages` | `Public ReadOnly Property InformationalCount() As Integer` / `Public ReadOnly Property InformationalMessages() As String()` | Returns the count and text of broken informational-severity rules across the collection. |
| `Save` | `Overridable Function Save() As Boolean` | Persists the collection to the API, including added, changed, and deleted members, when the collection is valid. |
| `SaveChild` | `Overridable Function SaveChild() As Boolean` | Persists the collection as a child of a parent object. |
| `IsManaged` | `Public ReadOnly Property IsManaged() As Boolean` | Indicates whether the collection is managed by a parent object's lifecycle. |
| `First / FirstItem` | `Function First() As clsBusinessApiBase` / `ReadOnly Property FirstItem() As clsBusinessApiBase` | Moves to and/or returns the first item in traversal order. |
| `Next / NextItem` | `Function [Next]() As clsBusinessApiBase` / `ReadOnly Property NextItem() As clsBusinessApiBase` | Moves to and/or returns the next item in traversal order. |
| `Previous / PreviousItem` | `Function Previous() As clsBusinessApiBase` / `ReadOnly Property PreviousItem() As clsBusinessApiBase` | Moves to and/or returns the previous item in traversal order. |
| `Last / LastItem` | `Function Last() As clsBusinessApiBase` / `ReadOnly Property LastItem() As clsBusinessApiBase` | Moves to and/or returns the last item in traversal order. |
| `CurrentItem / CurrentIndex` | `ReadOnly Property CurrentItem() As clsBusinessApiBase` / `ReadOnly Property CurrentIndex() As Integer` | Returns the current traversal item and its index. |
| `SetCurrent` | `Sub SetCurrent(ByRef inObject As clsBusinessApiBase)` / `Sub SetCurrent(ByVal inIndex As Integer)` | Sets the current traversal position by item or index. |
| `IndexOf` | `ReadOnly Property IndexOf(ByVal inObject As clsBusinessApiBase) As Integer` | Returns the index of the given item within the collection. |
| `IsFirst / IsNext / IsLast / IsPrevious / IsCurrent` | `ReadOnly Property IsFirst(ByVal inItem As clsBusinessApiBase) As Boolean` (and analogous overloads) | Indicate an item's position relative to the current traversal state. |
| `XMLElementName / XMLItemName` | `Property XMLElementName() As String` / `Property XMLItemName() As String` | Get or set the XML element and item names used when serializing the collection. |
| `GetReportXML` | `Function GetReportXML(ByVal inElementName As String) As String` / `Function GetReportXML(Optional ByVal inFileStream As StreamWriter = Nothing) As String` | Returns an XML fragment representing the collection and its members. |
| `ToXML / ToXml` | `Function ToXML() As String` / `Function ToXml(ByVal inTagName As String) As String` | Serializes the collection using the default or a supplied tag name. |
| `CurrentItem` (generic) | `Public Shadows ReadOnly Property CurrentItem() As ItemType` | Returns the current item with the collection's concrete generic type. |
| `Contains` (generic) | `Public Overloads Function Contains(Item As ItemType) As Boolean` / `Public Overloads Function Contains(Guid As String) As Boolean` | Checks for a member by typed instance or internal GUID. |
| `GetEnumerator` | `Public Overloads Function GetEnumerator() As IEnumerator(Of ItemType)` | Iterates over the collection using the concrete item type. |

## Sources

- `Business\SAIF.Business.Claim.Maintenance\clsAttendingPhysicianCollection.vb`