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Attention Electronic Claims Submitters and Receivers:

Announcing the NHIC, Corp. J14 MAC Initiative to

Discontinue Modem Connections

By August 15, 2013

Please read this important message which will impact your ability to submit and receive your electronic transactions if you are not using one of the NHIC, Corp. approved Network Service Vendors (NSV) to connect to the NHIC Carrier Access Bulletin Board (CABBS).  If you are currently accessing the NHIC CABBS gateway via one of the NHIC approved NSV--ABILITY, Claim Shuttle, Cortex EDI Inc, ECC Technologies, IVANS or MedXpress, please ignore this message.

In order to best meet the security needs for Medicare Claim information transmissions, NHIC, Corp. will no longer be accepting file uploads or downloads via modem connections.

It is NHIC, Corp.'s expectations that effective August 15, 2013, all direct dial-up options will be transitioned to a NSV for all access to the NHIC CABBS gateway.

In addition, effective immediately, any new request to become a Medicare Submitter will only be allowed through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) preferred method of Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) via an NSV.

The Network Service Vendors below provide a variety of connectivity options including internet, Secure FTP, and dial-up service should a Trading Partner wish to continue with the dial-up option.

  *  ABILITY
      Sales: 888-895-2649
      Email: sales@abilitynetwork.com
      Website: http://www.abilitynetwork.com

  *  Claim Shuttle
      Phone: 602-439-2525
      Email: info@claimshuttle.com
      Website: www.claimshuttle.com

  *  Cortex EDI, Inc.
      Sales: 1-800-485-5977
      Email: info@cortexedi.com
      Website: www.cortexEDI.com

  *  ECC Technologies' RAPID Network
      Sales: 855-643-2252
      Email: rapidinfo@ecctec.com
      Website: www.rapid-network.com/

  *  IVANS, Inc.
      Sales/Customer Service: 1-800-548-2690
      Email: health.services@ivans.com
      Website: http://www.ivans.com/medicareaccess

  *  MedXpress
      Sales: 1-877-624-3250
      Email: MedXpress@ICSSoftware.net
      Website: www.icssoftware.net/MedXpress

We encourage you to begin your research with our NSV as quickly as possible to ensure your transition is completed with no disruption of service.

Submitters are encouraged to use the "SFTP Transition: Submitter Selection Complete" form located on our website, to notify us when your selection process is complete.

Please contact the NHIC EDI Help Desk at 877-386-1056 if you have any additional questions regarding this initiative.