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HIPAA Eligibility Transaction System (HETS) Help (270/271)

Spotlight

  • Regularly Scheduled System Unavailability

Every Sunday from 10:00 P.M. until Monday 3:00 A.M. Eastern, there is a regularly scheduled maintenance period to include routine server rebooting. During this period, the system is unavailable and transactions will not be processed. Please plan accordingly.

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

 

HETS 270/271

  • Medicare HETS 270/271 - Information Bulletin - Q4 2008 System Release

Medicare HETS 270/271 Submitters:

CMS is planning a system release for the fourth quarter of 2008 that will enhance the 271 responses Trading Partners receive from the HIPAA Eligibility Transaction System (HETS) 270/271.  No content changes to the 270 will be required for this release.   Please review the release summary from the Downloads section below and prepare as necessary.

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

Medicare Customer Assistance Re: Eligibility (MCARE) Help Desk 

1-866-324-7315

  • Please see the MCARE Notification Archive link from the Related Links Inside CMS below for prior announcements.

 

HETS UI

  • Please see the MCARE Notification Archive link from the Related Links Inside CMS below for prior announcements.

 

Downloads

HETS 270/271 User Companion Guide[PDF,516KB]

HETS UI User Companion Guide[PDF,1.46MB]

Fourth Quarter 2008 Release Summary[PDF,37KB]
Related Links Inside CMS

MCARE Notification Archive

Related Links Outside CMSExternal Linking Policy

Current System Status: www.hetsstatus.com

 

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