12/01/2010

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Medicare HETS UI Internet Eligibility - System Outage Notificaton & Information Bulletin - Upcoming System Release - December 1, 2010
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Medicare HETS UI Internet Eligibility Submitters:

CMS announces it will install a system release of the HETS 270/271 system on Friday, December 3, 2010 that will improve the HETS UI Internet Eligibility system.

This release includes important changes in the HETS UI eligibility response. Please review the online release documentation and prepare as necessary. Note that the content of the Q3 release has changed since earlier versions of this document were published. The Q3 release will now include updating HETS 270/271 to return 2011 Deductible and Co-Payment Rates. The online release documentation can be found in the Downloads section below.

The release is scheduled to be installed on Friday, December 3, 2010 beginning at 9:00 PM ET. The HETS UI Internet Eligibility system will be unavailable during this system release. Attempts to open an internet session to the HETS UI Internet Eligibility system will result in errors. CMS estimates that the installation will be complete by 11:59 PM ET on Friday, December 3, 2010.

Please contact the Help Desk if you have questions or comments.

Medicare Customer Assistance Re: Eligibility (MCARE) Help Desk

1-866-440-3805