Outage for October 2024 Quarterly Release Implementation

National Government Services, Inc. Common Electronic Data Interchange (CEDI) will bring down the CEDI Gateway and CEDI Claims Portal at 3:00 p.m. ET on Friday, October 4, 2024 until no later than 11:59 p.m. ET to implement updates for the October 2024 Quarterly Release. During this time, CEDI customers will not be able to connect and exchange transactions with CEDI. This will allow CEDI to process all inbound files received through 3:00 p.m. ET on October 4, 2024. Once the October 2024 effective updates have been installed and verified, the CEDI Gateway and CEDI Claims Portal will be brought back up for CEDI customers to resume exchanging transactions with CEDI.

October 2024 CEDI Quarterly Release Updates

CMS Edit Spreadsheets

There are no updates to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) X12 837 5010A1 edit spreadsheet for the October 2024 Quarterly Release. The version of the edit spreadsheet from the January 2024 Quarterly Release will remain on the CEDI website for your reference. The CMS edit spreadsheets can be accessed on the CEDI website at the following link: https://www.ngscedi.com/frontend.

Code Source Updates

CR 13206 – Claim Status Category and Claim Status Codes Update

CR 13633 – Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC), Claims Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) and PC Print Update

Please contact the CEDI Help Desk regarding any questions at ngs.cedihelpdesk@anthem.com or at 866-311-9184.

Post Date: 09/20/2024