Common use of Using BASIS for Queries Clause in Contracts

Using BASIS for Queries. When a partner has an immediate need to access Medicare entitlement information, BASIS – the Beneficiary Automated Status and Inquiry System – permits a partner to make a limited number of on-line queries to CMS to find if it is possible that an individual is eligible for or enrolled in Medicare. Using a private, Web-based host, the VDSA partner can use BASIS to access the MBD up to 500 times a month. Access to BASIS is contingent on the partner having submitted its Initial MSP and Non-MSP Input Files and its most recent MSP and Non-MSP Update Files during its last quarterly production cycle. In overview, BASIS operates as follows:

Using BASIS for Queries. When a partner has an immediate need to access Medicare entitlement information, BASIS – the Beneficiary Automated Status and Inquiry System – permits a partner to make a limited number of on-line queries to CMS to find if it is possible that an individual is eligible for or enrolled in Medicare. Using a private, Web-based host, the VDSA DSA partner can use BASIS to access the MBD up to 500 times a month. Access to BASIS is contingent on the partner having submitted its Initial MSP and Non-MSP Input Files and its most recent MSP and Non-MSP Update Files during its last quarterly production cycle. In overview, BASIS operates as follows: