Open payments Program Participants
Guidance for Program Participant pages house information related to the specific groups that Open Payments applies to (applicable manufactures, applicable group purchasing organizations, physicians, and teaching hospitals).
Program Participants
There are two groups of participants in the Open Payments program. Reporting entities include applicable manufacturers and group purchasing organizations, or drug and medical device companies. Covered recipients include:
- Any physicians (with the exception of medical residents) who are not employees of the reporting entity
- Certain non-physicians
- Teaching hospitals that receive payments for Medicare direct graduate medical education (GME), inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) indirect medical education (IME), or psychiatric hospital IME programs
Learn more about the roles and responsibilities for each group:
Reporting Entities
Reporting entities – applicable manufacturers and group purchasing organizations – must submit yearly reports of payments made to covered recipients. Find all you need to know to submit your data.
Covered Recipients
As a covered recipient, you have the opportunity to review and dispute information reported about you in the Open Payments System. Access information and resources specifically for you.
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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: November 15, 2019
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