Medicare HETS 270/271 Submitters:
CMS reminds HETS 270/271 Submitters that the application will be unavailable from 8:30 - 11:30 AM ET tomorrow, Saturday, July 13, 2013 due to system maintenance.
CMS also advises that the previously announced outage for Sunday, July 21, 2013 has been modified. That outage was originally announced as 2:00 AM - 2:00 PM ET. The outage has been shortened. The maintenance window will still begin at 2:00 AM ET on Sunday, July 21, 2013. The system will be unavailable during this period. Attempts to open a connection to the HETS 270/271 application will result in errors. CMS now estimates that the maintenance will be completed by 4:00 AM ET on Sunday, July 21, 2013.
Finally, CMS announces an additional outage for the HETS 270/271 application on Saturday, July 27, 2013. The maintenance window will begin at 7:00 AM ET on Saturday, July 27, 2013. The HETS 270/271 system will be unavailable during this period. Attempts to open a connection to the HETS 270/271 application will result in errors. CMS estimates that the maintenance window will be completed by 7:00 PM ET on Saturday, July 27, 2013.