CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Maintenance Mode API

The maintenance-mode-api API from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — 1 operation(s) for maintenance-mode-api.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 1

GET /status Get maintenance mode #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://bcda.cms.gov/api-documentation.html
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Documentation
https://ab2d.cms.gov/api-documentation
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APIReference
https://sandbox.ab2d.cms.gov/swagger-ui/index.html

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cms-gov/refs/heads/main/openapi/cms-maintenance-mode-api-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/CMSgov/bcda-app
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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/CMSgov/ab2d

Other Resources

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ChangeLog
https://bcda.cms.gov/announcements.html
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Deprecation
https://bcda.cms.gov/v3/welcome-v3
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Sandbox
https://sandbox.bcda.cms.gov
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StatusPage
https://ab2d.cms.gov/status
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Sandbox
https://sandbox.ab2d.cms.gov
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Support
https://groups.google.com/u/0/g/cms-ab2d-api
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AdvancedGuide
https://ab2d.cms.gov/advanced-user-guide.html

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OpenAPI Specification

cms-maintenance-mode-api-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: AB2D Maintenance Mode API
  description: This API Provides Part A (Hospital Insurance) & B (Medical Insurance) claim data to Part D (Prescription Drug Benefit) sponsors.
servers:
- url: https://sandbox.ab2d.cms.gov
  description: Generated server url
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: maintenance-mode-api
paths:
  /status:
    get:
      tags:
      - maintenance-mode-api
      operationId: getMaintenanceMode
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Accepted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MaintenanceModeResponse'
      summary: Get maintenance mode
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    MaintenanceModeResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        maintenanceMode:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      name: bearerAuth
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT