MedicaidAdministrativeMedium impact
Revised Companion Guides for the 270/271 Health Care Eligibility and Benefit Inquiry and Response and 276/277 Health Care Claim Status Request and Response Transactions Available
Wisconsin Medicaid (ForwardHealth)·WI·Billing
Effective date
Apr 11, 2014
We identified it
Jun 20, 2026
Summary
ForwardHealth (Wisconsin Medicaid) has updated companion guides for electronic eligibility verification (270/271) and claim status inquiry (276/277) transactions to comply with federal HIPAA operating rules. New guides are available for download and include mandated data content changes effective April 11, 2014.
Action Required
By April 11, 2014: Billing team must download updated companion guides from ForwardHealth Portal at www.forwardhealth.wi.gov/. Coordinate with software vendor, trading partner, or clearinghouse to implement Phase I and II operating rule changes for eligibility verification and claim status transactions. Optional: transition to new URL for transaction uploads/downloads instead of using Portal.