Termination of Medicare Common Working File – April 7th

CMS recently released an update to the announcment that the CWF eligibility transactions will be sunset in 2014. The target date is April 7th to discontinue HIQA, HUQA, HIQH, ELGA, and ELGH. If you haven’t switched to using HETS either directly from Medicare or through a vendor, it’s definitely time to start looking for an alternative.

CMS announcement regarding the demise of the CWF:

https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/MM8248.pdf