The IACS system is an on-line application used to register and provision authorized users for access to CMS Part C and D business applications and systems. Currently there are two types of assigned user roles in IACS: 

User - A user is a Medicare Advantage/Medicare Advantage – Prescription Drug/Prescription Drug Plan/Cost Contract (MA/MA-PD/PDP/CC) submitter/representative, or a Customer Service Representative (CSR). A user may only be put into a user role; a user may not be put into an approver role.

Approver - An approver is an external point of contact (EPOC), or a call center supervisor. Approvers are responsible for approving end users requesting access to CMS systems, which includes employees within their organization as well as subcontractor end users.  Approvers may not be a user of the system. Because approvers are the sole points of contact for authorizing their end users, it is strongly recommended that this approver be in a position of authority within your organization, i.e., management official, compliance officer, etc., as stated in the EPOC designation letter provided in the Downloads section of this page.

Downloads
IACS User Guide [PDF,1.5MB] IACS User Guide, Attachment A - Medicare Advantage/Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug/ Prescription Drug Plan/ Cost Contracts [PDF,1001KB] IACS User Guide, Attachment B - Community Based Organization/Customer Service Representatives [PDF,862KB] IACS User Guide, Attachment C – Coordination of Benefits [PDF,884KB] IACS User Guide, Attachment D – HIPAA Eligibility Transaction System (HETS) [PDF,2MB] IACS User Guide, Attachment E – CBSS/DME – Competitive Biding Submission System/Durable Medical Equipment [PDF,256KB] IACS Approver User Guide [PDF,1.3MB] IACS Approver Quick Reference Guide, December 2007 [PDF,1.8MB] Designation of Plan User Approver/External Point of Contact [PDF,74KB] IACS Individual Practitioner Registration - Quick Reference Guide, December 2007 [PDF,4MB] IACS Security Official Registration - Quick Reference Guide, December 2007 [PDF,4MB] IACS Backup Security Official Registration - Quick Reference Guide, December 2007 [PDF,4MB] IACS User Group Administrator Registration - Quick Reference Guide, December 2007 [PDF,4MB] IACS End User Registration - Quick Reference Guide, December 2007 [PDF,4MB] IACS Request Access to a CMS Application for Individual Practitioners and, Organization Users and Surrogates - Quick Reference Guide, November 2007 [PDF, 1MB]
Related Links Inside CMS
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