Identification of Obsolete Shared System Maintainer (SSM) On-Request Jobs
The purpose of this Change Request (CR) is to identify on-request jobs that are obsolete and may be removed from the Fee-For-Service (FFS) applications. On-request jobs are jobs
that do not execute on a regularly scheduled basis but instead executed by the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and the CWF Hosts as needed. The Medicare Part A, B, DME and CWF systems have a significant number of on-request jobs available to support CMS, MAC and the CWF Host business functions, developed over many years. In many cases the jobs create reports or perform system maintenance functions, but rarely do CRs involve the removal of the old jobs. The process of identifying which onrequest jobs are obsolete will require the combined efforts of the shared system maintainers (SSMs), the MACs, the CWF Hosts and the oversight and guidance of the CMS.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: February 06, 2005
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