[01/13/2014 @ 1:55pm CT] Medicare A&B is online as of 1:55pm CT.
[01/13/2014 @ 1:15pm CT] Medicare A&B is offline again! We have included the latest update from CMS below.
The Medicare 270/271 Eligibility system is currently returning responses
with higher than normal average response times. Some requests are receiving a
proper 271 response from Medicare, but the average response time for these
requests is higher than normal. The majority of requests are receiving AAA03=42
”System Unavailable” time out responses from the system. This issue has been
escalated to CMS IT for review and resolution. CMS will perform emergency
maintenance on the HETS 270/271 Eligibility system and anticipates that service
will be restored by 3:00 PM ET
[01/13/2014 @ 11:15am CT] Medicare A&B is online!
[01/13/2014 @ 10:55am CT] Medicare A&B is currently offline. CMS did not give us an estimated fix time. We have included the original outage message from CMS below.
Payer is currently unavailable. No ETA. As of 01/13/2014 11:54 AM: Please note that the Medicare 270/271 Eligibility system is currently returning responses with higher than
normal average response times. Some requests are receiving a proper 271
response from Medicare, but the average response time for these requests is
higher than normal. The majority of requests are receiving AAA03=42 ”System
Unavailable” time out responses from the system. This issue has been escalated
to CMS IT for review and resolution.
