RDS Spotlight

Do you need to retrieve your RDS Secure Website Login ID, fix your email address, or enable your user account?

As part of the Plan Sponsor Agreement and in accordance with 42 C.F.R. §423.892 of Federal regulations, Plan Sponsors are required to provide CMS with notice at least 60 days prior to the anticipated effective date of a change of Plan Sponsor Name or EIN (i.e., a change of ownership).

When submitting an interim payment request, allow the RDS Secure Website several minutes to provide confirmation that the request has been submitted.

Both a Valid Initial Online Application and a Valid Initial Retiree List must be submitted prior to the expiration of the Application Deadline.

Have you recently sent CMS' RDS Center multiple retiree files for an application and are wondering when Retiree Response Files will be available? It's important to understand that CMS' RDS Center processes an application's retiree files one at a time, and in the order they are received.

Are you unable to see cost reports submitted for your application? There are a number of reasons you may not be able to view them on the RDS Secure Website.

If a Plan Sponsor misses the Application Deadline, it has a couple of options, which can be pursued at the same time.

Have you been in an overpayment situation at Reconciliation for multiple plan years? While some overpayments cannot be avoided, there are a number of common circumstances for which reviewing data carefully throughout the application plan year can help prevent an unnecessary overpayment at Reconciliation.

Do you need to submit documentary evidence for an appeal or disclose incomplete or inaccurate post-Reconciliation or post-final payment data? An RDS Appeals Documentary Evidence/Post-Reconciliation Discrepancy Example is now available.

Are you planning to begin Reconciliation soon? Changing your application's banking information close to your planned start date could delay the process.