Medicare HETS 270/271 Submitters:
CMS announces that the previously announced Medicare HETS 270/271 eligibility system outages have been changed.
The outage scheduled for this weekend (Friday, February 24 – Sunday, February 26, 2017) has been postponed one week. The outage scheduled for the following weekend (Saturday, March 4, 2017) has also been postponed by one week.
Here are the updated upcoming outage to the Medicare HETS 270/271 eligibility system:
Outage 1 will begin at 8:30 PM ET on Friday, March 3, 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 12:00 PM (Noon) ET on Sunday, March 5, 2017.
Outage 2 will begin at 8:00 AM ET on Saturday, March 11, 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 4:00 PM ET on Saturday, March 11, 2017
Please contact the Help Desk if you have any questions.