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.
| 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 |
