Medicare HETS 270/271 Submitters:
CMS reminds Submitters of an upcoming outage to the Medicare HETS 270/271 eligibility system. Data center maintenance will begin at 11:30 PM ET on Friday, August 24, 2018. The HETS 270/271 system will be unavailable during this period for data center maintenance. 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 12:00 PM (Noon) ET on Sunday, August 26, 2018.
CMS also announces an additional upcoming outage to the Medicare HETS 270/271 eligibility system. The HETS 270/271 R2018Q300 release will begin at 7:30 AM ET on Saturday, September 8, 2018. 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 release installation window will be completed by 5:00 PM ET on Saturday, September 8, 2018.
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