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Announcements
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| November 26, 2018 |
IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED: RDS File Location Change Implementation Date Effective Monday, December 10, 2018, all RDS Vendors submitting files to CMS' RDS Center via Connect:Direct should begin using the new file location for production retiree and cost files. |
| November 20, 2018 |
Recap Article Now Available: Secure Website Modernization Webinar and Feedback Session On Wednesday, November 14, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS') Retiree Drug Subsidy (RDS) Center hosted a webinar about the upcoming Secure Website Modernization initiative and how this project will impact the RDS Program. |
| June 28, 2018 |
Retiree Response and Weekly Notification File Emails CMS' RDS Center recently experienced an issue with the "Retiree Response File Available" and "Weekly Notification File Available" emails. |
| June 6, 2018 |
Notice to Connect:Direct Submitters: Upcoming File Location Change CMS' RDS Center is changing the location to which Retiree and Cost Report files are sent via Connect:Direct. |
| May 10, 2018 |
RDS Plan Sponsors and Vendors: MBI Reminder Your organization should only use the MBI information for system readiness and care coordination purposes as needed. |
| May 8, 2018 |
Cost Threshold and Cost Limit Amounts for Plan Years Ending in 2019, and the Parameters for Medicare Part D Plans in 2019 On Monday, April 2, 2018 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 2019, as well as the parameters for Medicare Part D plans in 2019. |
| April 1, 2018 |
CMS’ RDS Center Now Accepting MBI Effective April 1, 2018, CMS' RDS Center is accepting Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) in retiree files. |
| March 19, 2018 |
Reminder: RDS To Begin Accepting MBI on April 1, 2018 CMS' RDS Center would like to remind the Plan Sponsor community that, in accordance with CMS’ New Medicare Card Project initiative, beginning April 1, 2018, the RDS Center shall begin accepting the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) in retiree files. |
| November 13, 2017 |
Retiree File Changes to Accommodate MBI In accordance with CMS' New Medicare Card Project, CMS' RDS Center has updated the retiree file formats to accommodate the future use of MBI. |
| October 26, 2017 |
Webinar Recap Article Now Available: New Medicare Card Project CMS' RDS Center presented the New Medicare Card Project webinar on October 24, 2017. A recap article has been published describing the topics covered and answering common questions that were received. |
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