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Update to Noridian EDISS Transition

For All Iowa Medicaid Submitters

EDI Support Services (EDISS) is working to transition all Iowa Medicaid MCO/Encounter transactions, Fee for Service/Web Portal users and all existing Iowa Medicaid Web Portal functionality out of our legacy EDI Gateway.

This Gateway transition is scheduled to take place on October 18, 2020. We are excited about the enhanced support capabilities and the new tools this transition will provide to our EDI support staff to better assist our Submitter Community!

Please read below for the most recent updates regarding this transition. All current Iowa submitters will be transitioned into the new Gateway based on the combination of submitter type and transaction type.

NOTE: As this transition is a hard cutover, starting on October 19, 2020, all submitters impacted by this transition will need to be aware of the following:

  • The inbound/outbound directory paths have been adjusted:
    • New Submitter path for file submission: /outbox/X12/EDI/Inbound/Interchange
    • New Submitter path for file retrieval: /inbox/EZComm/EDI/Inbound/Interchange
    • Compressed or Zipped files will need to be submitted to a different directory than standard X12 files. Path to compressed file submission: /outbox/EZComm/EDI/Inbound/Interchange
  • As this transition is a hard cutover, starting on October 19, 2020, all submitters impacted by this transition will need to begin using their new user credentials. The new submission/retrieval paths will be needed at that time for applicable submitter types.
  • EDI will be putting Production setups on hold for all Iowa Medicaid submitters beginning October 2, 2020. This hold will remain in place until the October 19, 2020, Go Live in the new gateway.
  • New credentials will be issued on October 12, 2020. These credentials will be faxed, and you are required to confirm that the fax number on file in EDISS Connect is correct in order to receive these credentials.
  • All web portal users can utilize the following password management website: https://accountmgt3.edissweb.com/
    • All web portal users are expected to manage their own credentials and appropriately update their password every 60 days.

Based off the submission methods and functionality involved, this transition will be a hard cutover:

Task Start Finish Summary of Phase:
Gateway Pilot 08/28/20 10/09/2020 The Pilot Group, a subset of MCOs and Web Portal users, will conduct initial production submissions as BETA testers.
MCO/Encounter Cutover TBD 10/18/2020 All MCO/Encounter transactions will be moved out of the legacy gateway.
Legacy credentials will be terminated on 10/11/2020
Web Portal Cutover TBD 10/18/2020 All Web Portal Users and corresponding functionality will be moved out of the legacy gateway.
Legacy credentials will be terminated on 10/11/2020

All external documentation relevant to the EDISS Gateway Update will be stored on the EDISS Gateway Transition page during this transition as they become available.

NOTE: The transition dates were updated after the October email distribution containing this article. This article has been updated to reflect the new transition dates.




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October 6, 2020