> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.silnahealth.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Eligibility overview

# On Demand Eligibility Checks

To use Silna's on demand eligibility check platform, please reach out to your Silna contact to create a template for you to use. They will then give you the name of the template.

To create an eligibility check for a patient plan through the Silna API, you need to pass in a `template_id` to the [Post Benefits Checks API](/api-reference/v1benefitscheckresource/create-benefits-check).
You can get the correct `template_id` by searching the [Get Benefits Check Templates API](/api-reference/v1benefitschecktemplatesresource/get-benefits-check-templates)
with the template name provided by your Silna contact. Since `template_ids` can change, we recommend always using the  [Get Benefits Check Templates API](/api-reference/v1benefitschecktemplatesresource/get-benefits-check-templates)
to retrieve the latest `template_id` for the template name provided by your Silna contact.

It usually takes a few seconds for a Silna on demand eligibility check to complete, but you should be prepared for it to take up
to a minute in some cases.

If you want to view this eligibility check in Silna Web App, you will need to navigate to the corresponding patient's benefits checks tab.