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Important Application Deadline Information - Updated 10/30/09

A Retiree Drug Subsidy (RDS) Application consists of both a Valid Initial Online Application and a Valid Initial Retiree List. To submit a timely RDS Application for a given Plan Year, a Plan Sponsor must submit a Valid Initial Online Application AND a Valid Initial Retiree List by no later than 90 days prior to the beginning of the Plan Year, unless a 30-day Application Deadline Extension has been requested and approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) prior to the expiration of the Application Deadline. If a 30-day Application Deadline Extension is approved, a Plan Sponsor must submit a Valid Initial Online Application AND a Valid Initial Retiree List no later than 30 days after the previously mentioned Application Deadline. A Plan Sponsor Application that fails to meet these requirements is not timely and the Plan Sponsor will receive a notification that its Application has been denied.

Please note that a Plan Sponsor may choose to submit a Valid Initial Retiree List to CMS' RDS Center using the RDS Secure Website, Plan Sponsor mainframe to the RDS Center mainframe, or by entering into a Voluntary Data Sharing Agreement (VDSA) with the CMS Coordination of Benefits contractor. Regardless of how a Plan Sponsor elects to submit a Valid Initial Retiree List to CMS' RDS Center, a Valid Initial Online Application AND a Valid Initial Retiree List must be submitted by the previously mentioned Application Deadline to constitute a timely RDS Application.

The following table provides Application Deadlines for those Plan Sponsors with an Application start date on the first day of the month.

If your Plan Year starts on any other date than the first day of the month, you may contact CMS' RDS Center Help Line to confirm your Application Deadline date.

Upcoming RDS Application Deadlines
Plan Year Start Date Application Deadline Application Deadline When a 30-day Extension Has Been Granted
April 1, 2009 December 31, 2008 January 30, 2009
May 1, 2009 January 30, 2009 March 1, 2009
June 1, 2009 March 2, 2009 April 1, 2009
July 1, 2009 April 1, 2009 May 1, 2009
August 1, 2009 May 2, 2009 June 1, 2009
September 1, 2009 June 2, 2009 July 2, 2009
October 1, 2009 July 2, 2009 August 1, 2009
November 1, 2009 August 2, 2009 September 1, 2009
December 1, 2009 September 1, 2009 October 1, 2009
January 1, 2010 October 2, 2009 November 1, 2009
February 1, 2010 November 2, 2009 December 2, 2009
March 1, 2010 November 30, 2009 December 30, 2009
April 1, 2010 December 31, 2009 January 30, 2010
May 1, 2010 January 30, 2010 March 1, 2010
June 1, 2010 March 2, 2010 April 1, 2010
July 1, 2010 April 1, 2010 May 1, 2010
August 1, 2010 May 2, 2010 June 1, 2010
September 1, 2010 June 2, 2010 July 2, 2010
October 1, 2010 July 2, 2010 August 1, 2010
November 1, 2010 August 2, 2010 September 1, 2010
December 1, 2010 September 1, 2010 October 1, 2010
January 1, 2011 October 2, 2010 November 1, 2010

Page last updated: October 30, 2009