Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: November 18, 2014

Program Area: Distributed Data Collection (DDC) for RA Including HCRP/EDGE Server

Question: Will every issuer receive a single EDGE server or if an organization has two (2) issuers, will there be two (2) servers needed?

Answer: Issuers must set-up a separate EDGE server instance for each 5-digit Health Insurance Oversight System (HIOS) issuer ID. Issuers that select the On-Premise option can choose to virtualize their physical servers to accommodate multiple virtual instances on a single physical server.

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