CMS to Shutter Common Working File for Eligibility Queries Effective February 1, 2020

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been working over recent years to migrate queries related to benefit eligibility from the Common Working File (CWF) and to establish the HIPAA Eligibility Transaction System (HETS) as the single source for beneficiary eligibility transactions.  The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has been…