Get your trading partner agreement set before 2018 arrives. The start date for submitting Notices of Election electronically is almost here - are you ready? HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor CGS "encourages hospice providers to develop trading partner agreements to prepare for the implementation" of electronic NOEs, which begin Jan. 2, the MAC urges on its website. Operational details are in Change Request 10064 at www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Transmittals/2017Downloads/R3813CP.pdf.