Passing along this info about a planned down period for STARS…

 

Brandy Bauer (she, her, hers)

Director, MIPPA Resource Center
571-527-3911
ncoa.org | @NCOAging

 

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From: Glendening, Katherine J. (ACL)
Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2022 11:43 AM
To: xxxxxx@LIST.NIH.GOV
Subject: SIRS and STARS Scheduled System Maintenance: Friday 07/08/22 from 11:00 AM (ET) to Saturday 07/09/22 2:00 PM (ET)

 

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Hello everyone,

 

Please be advised that SIRS and STARS will be unavailable on Friday 07/08/22 from 11:00 AM (ET) to Saturday 07/09/22 2:00 PM (ET).

 

Note for API Vendors: All API endpoints will be unavailable during this time period.

 

This period of downtime will be scheduled for system maintenance and for the following STARS and SIRS enhancements to be released:

 

System

Enhancement

SIRS

  • SIRS Fraud Report – National
    • This report is available via Shared Pages. This report provides an overview of complex interactions with topics selected in Fraud, Error, or Abuse, Details of Fraud, Error, or Abuse, or Method of Fraud, Error, or Abuse Contact fields at the National level
  • SIRS Fraud Report – State and Site
    • This report is available via Shared Pages. This report provides an overview of complex interactions with topics selected in Fraud, Error, or Abuse, Details of Fraud, Error, or Abuse, or Method of Fraud, Error, or Abuse Contact fields at the State and Site levels

STARS

  • Part D Enrollment Outcomes Quality Assurance Report:
    • Report to only aggregate records with a Date of Contact of 01/01/2021 and beyond
    • Highlight Valid records with the same SHIP Case Number green
    • Highlight records blue when Beneficiary First Name AND Beneficiary Last Name AND Beneficiary Zip Code matches. Duplicates will be determined based upon an exact match present in the Beneficiary First Name and Beneficiary Last name fields, including commas (,), apostrophes (’), dashes (-), periods (.), and spaces. Casing will be ignored
    • Group grey 5% random sample records with their SHIP Case Numbers rather than at the top of the report
    • Valid +/- 25,000 cost change records in the Valid tab will be highlighted yellow and an associated column indicates required review
    • Additional column titled "Delete Duplicate Record" has been added to the Valid tab
    • Valid Tab Column S Contact reviewed (enter ‘x’ to verify) has been updated to High cost contact reviewed (enter ‘x’ to verify)
    • Updates to the +/- 7 week logic: any Beneficiary Contact or Beneficiary Additional Session falling in the date range entered, with an associated Beneficiary Contact or Beneficiary Additional Session record in +/- 7 weeks, will result in all records appearing in the Valid tab unless the record is associated with a Beneficiary Contact or Beneficiary Additional Session that is deemed Flagged by the contents of the cost fields and enrollment topic selections
  • Part D Enrollment Outcomes Aggregate Report – National, Part D Enrollment Outcomes Aggregate
    • Report to only aggregate Valid records with a Date of Contact that falls within the date entered in the report launch page

 

Reach out to the Booz Allen STARS Help Desk or Booz Allen SIRS Help Desk if you have any questions.

 

Thank you

 

 

 

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Katherine (Katie) Glendening (she/her)
State Project Officer and OHIC Data System COR, Office of Healthcare Information and Counseling
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