Medicare HETS 270/271 Submitters:
CMS reminds submitters of two upcoming outages to the Medicare HETS 270/271 eligibility system.
Outage #1. CMS data center maintenance will begin at 8:30 AM ET on Saturday, September 21, 2019. 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 6:00 PM ET on Saturday, September 21, 2019.
Outage #2. CMS data center maintenance will begin at 11:30 PM ET on Saturday, September 21, 2019. 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 12:00 PM (Noon) ET on Sunday, September 22, 2019.
Please note that these outages are in addition to the previously announced outage on September 27-28, 2019 (see below).
Please contact the Help Desk if you have any questions.