CMS Releases Retiree Plan Drug Subsidy Guidance
Client Alert | 1 min read | 06.08.05
On Friday, June 3, 2005, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published for public review and comment a proposed Retiree Drug Subsidy Application and Instructions.
On June 1, 2005 CMS launched the Retiree Drug Subsidy (RDS) Center web site, with information for employer and union plan sponsors and others seeking information about the retiree drug subsidy program created pursuant to the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA).
Information about the RDS Center's first two national outreach events - a RDS Customer Conference Call on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 3:00pm EDT, and a RDS National Conference on July 12 & 13, 2005 in Dallas, TX – is available on the RDS Center web site.
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On September 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (HHS) issued a news release announcing an “aggressive[]” “crackdown” on direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising. This release came on the heels of a Presidential Memorandum President Trump issued the same day directing HHS to “ensure transparency and accuracy in direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertisements,” and the FDA to “take action to enforce legal requirements that advertisements for prescription drugs be truthful and not misleading.”
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