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Announcements
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| May 15, 2020 |
Suspension of Sequestration for Retiree Drug Subsidy Program The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Retiree Drug Subsidy (RDS) Program is subject to the mandatory reductions in federal spending, or sequestration, in accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA), as amended. |
| May 8, 2020 |
Important Enhancement to RDS Payment Frequency CMS' RDS Center is pleased to announce that beginning May 8, 2020, all RDS applications' Payment Frequency will be set to a maximum frequency of monthly interim payments, consistent with the general payment rules regarding timing set forth in 42 C.F.R. 423.888(b)(1). |
| April 30, 2020 |
Cost Threshold and Cost Limit Amounts for Plan Years Ending in 2021, and the Parameters for Medicare Part D Plans in 2021 On Monday, April 6, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Cost Threshold and Cost Limit amounts that apply to Plan Sponsors participating in CMS' Retiree Drug Subsidy (RDS) Program, with qualified prescription drug plans that end in 2021, as well as the parameters for Medicare Part D plans in 2021. |
| September 17, 2019 |
CMS' RDS Center Is Modernizing the Secure Website; We Want To Hear From You! CMS' RDS Center will be reaching out to RDS Plan Sponsors so that we may better understand the needs and wants of our users. We want to hear from you, because who better to tell us what Plan Sponsors need than the Plan Sponsors themselves. |
| August 12, 2019 |
Activate Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Your RDS Secure Website Account Now On Friday night, August 16, 2019, CMS' RDS Center will implement a Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) login requirement to access the RDS Secure Website, mandated by updated Federal security policy requirements. |
| May 6, 2019 |
Cost Threshold and Cost Limit Amounts for Plan Years Ending in 2020, and the Parameters for Medicare Part D Plans in 2020 On Monday, April 1, 2019 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Cost Threshold and Cost Limit amounts that apply to Plan Sponsors participating in CMS' Retiree Drug Subsidy (RDS) Program, with qualified prescription drug plans that end in 2020, as well as the parameters for Medicare Part D plans in 2020. |
| March 28, 2019 |
Application Statuses Published in the RDS User Guide CMS' RDS Center has published a list of statuses that an application can reflect throughout the RDS Program Lifecycle. |
| January 8, 2019 |
New RDS TV Videos Available CMS' RDS Center is pleased to announce the addition of two new videos to the RDS TV library. |
| November 27, 2018 |
Announcing RDS TV! CMS' RDS Center is pleased to announce the release of RDS TV, a library of on-demand training videos hosted on CMS' YouTube Channel. |
| November 26, 2018 |
RDS System Maintenance and Delay in Retiree Processing CMS' RDS Center will be performing system maintenance on the RDS Secure Website from Friday, December 7, 2018 at 8:00PM ET through Monday, December 10, 2018 at 8:00AM ET. |
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