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Open Payments is expanding in 2021 to include Physician Assistants

Posted over 3 years ago

What Utah Physician Assistants should know:

  • Open Payments is a national disclosure program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that promotes a more financially transparent and accountable healthcare system.
  • Drug and medical device companies must report to CMS payments or transfers of value they make to certain healthcare providers and teaching hospitals for research, meals, travel, gifts, speaking fees, and more.
  • Each year, CMS makes the data available so the public can see it at openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
  • CMS’s role is to collect and publish information submitted by reporting entities. CMS does not offer an opinion on what financial relationships may cause conflicts of interest. Simply, CMS publishes the data for public use and interpretation.

What Utah Physician Assistants need to do:

  • Be mindful of the Open Payments Program expansion, knowing that in 2021 certain payments or transfers of value made to you by a company that meets the definition of a reporting entity (applicable manufacturer or applicable GPO) will be reportable for the purpose of Open Payments.
  • Stay connected with the program so you are ready to register to review your data in the calendar year 2022. Registration and review of your data are voluntary and encouraged as this ensures the accuracy of the Open Payments data.

 

For More Information:

https://www.cms.gov/OpenPayments/Program-Participants/Newly-Added-Covered-Recipients


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