Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: April 27, 2016

Program Area: Distributed Data Collection (DDC) for RA Including HCRP/EDGE Server

Question: When can we begin submitting 2016 benefit year files to the Edgeserver?

Answer: Thank you for your inquiry. Issuers may begin submitting 2016 files to the Test zone now. However, they cannot start submitting to the Production Zone until after the blackout period is lifted.

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