2013-10-24

Medicare HETS 270/271 Submitters:

CMS advises that the pre-release documentation for the upcoming HETS R2013Q400 release (currently scheduled for December, 2013) has been updated.  

The release Companion Guide, Release Summary and Sample 271 response documents have been updated to reflect the following changes to the upcoming release:

1) Two additional HH+H contract numbers have been added to the list of new HH+H Region Contract Numbers that HETS will return and

2) The 271 2110C DTP01 value for the Plan Level Co-Insurance is also being modified to return DTP01 = ‘291’ instead of ‘292’ specifically when returning the Medicare Part B Plan Level Co-Insurance segment.  

Please review the updated documents for all changes (including the two mentioned above) as you prepare for the December, 2013 scheduled installation of the HETS R2013Q400 Release.  

Updated document links below:

Updated HETS 270/271 2013Q400 Release Companion Guide: http://cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/CMS-Information-Technology/HETSHelp/Downloads/HETS270271CompanionGuideUpcoming.pdf (be sure to refresh your page to view version 8-1)

Release Summary: http://cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/CMS-Information-Technology/HETSHelp/Downloads/R2013Q400HETS270271ReleaseSummary.pdf (version 1-1).

Upcoming Release 270 request sample:  http://cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/CMS-Information-Technology/HETSHelp/Downloads/5010270InquiryExampleUpcoming.pdf

Upcoming Release 271 response sample: http://cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/CMS-Information-Technology/HETSHelp/Downloads/5010271ResponseExampleUpcoming.pdf

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

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