2015 Open Payments Review and Dispute Period Begins April 6 April 6, 2015 News, Physician Resource Sunshine Act, Open payments 0 Starting today, physicians have 45 days to review and dispute reports regarding their financial interactions with manufacturers of drugs and medical devices reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services developed the Open Payments Program to comply with the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. This requires CMS to publicly report data on items of value that are given to physicians and teaching hospitals on an annual basis. Physicians can register in the Open Payments System and review their 2014 CY data beginning today, April 6. The official 45-day review and dispute period runs from April 6 to May 20. Disputes that are initiated by May 20 will flagged in the public release on June 30. To register and review your Open Payments data: Step 1: Register with CMS’ Enterprise Portal. New users will be prompted to register with the portal before proceeding. Step 2: Register with CMS’ Open Payments system via the Enterprise Portal. Step 3: Review your data and dispute any inaccurate data. Disputes initiated by May 20 will be flagged as such when the data set is made public on June 30. Comments are closed.
