CMS Releases Data on Open Payments Website

On September 30, 2014, CMS released Open Payments data to the public on a newly designed website www.cms.gov/openpayments. As part of the Physician Sunshine Act, CMS is required to collect information from manufacturers and GPOs in order to report information about their financial relationships with physicians and hospitals. Physicians can register on the Enterprise Portal in order to have the opportunity to review and dispute the data.