Medicare HETS 270/271 Submitters:
CMS reminds Submitters of an upcoming outage to the Medicare HETS 270/271 eligibility system. CMS data center maintenance will begin at 11:30 PM ET on Saturday, October 21, 2017. 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 8:00 AM ET on Sunday, October 22, 2017.
Additionally, CMS also announces a new upcoming outage to the Medicare HETS 270/271 eligibility system. CMS will deploy the HETS 270/271 R2017Q400 release on Saturday, November 4, 2017. The installation will begin at 7:30 AM ET on Saturday, November 4, 2017. 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 2:00 PM ET on Saturday, November 4, 2017. HETS Submitters should review the documents provided below to prepare for this important upcoming release.
R2017Q400 Companion Guide: /Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/CMS-Information-Technology/HETSHelp/Downloads/HETS270271CompanionGuideUpcoming.pdf (PDF) (version 10-4)
R2017Q400 Release Summary: /Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/CMS-Information-Technology/HETSHelp/Downloads/R2017Q400HETS270271ReleaseSummary.pdf (PDF) (version 1.05)
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