Announcements
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| New RDS TV Videos Available CMS' RDS Center is pleased to announce the addition of two new videos to the RDS TV library. |
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| 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. |
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| 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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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| RDS Plan Sponsors and Vendors: MBI Reminder Your organization should only use the MBI information for system readiness and care coordination purposes as needed. |
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| 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. |
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| CMS’ RDS Center Now Accepting MBI Effective April 1, 2018, CMS' RDS Center is accepting Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) in retiree files. |