11/19/2009

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Medicare HETS 270/271 - System Availability - November 21, 2009
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HETS 270/271
Medicare HETS 270/271 Submitters:

CMS will be performing maintenance on the Medicare HETS 270/271 eligibility system beginning at 9:00 AM ET on Saturday, November 21, 2009. CMS estimates that this maintenance will be completed by 12:00 PM (Noon) ET on Saturday, November 21, 2009. This maintenance is expected to resolve the unable to connect errors that have been reported recently.

Please note that during this period, the Medicare HETS 270/271 Eligibility system will be available but submitters may notice higher than normal average response times. Please remember that the Medicare HETS 270/271 system will wait 60 seconds before returning a AAA03=42 time out response. If your system is generating timeouts prior to 60 seconds, please understand that you may not be waiting long enough to receive an answer.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact the Help Desk.

Medicare Customer Assistance Re: Eligibility (MCARE) Help Desk
1-866-324-7315