CMS announced that the agency “will consider the public comments received [on the Open Payments / Sunshine Act program] in the future through possible rulemaking or publication of subregulatory guidance” in the recently released “Revisions to Payment Policies under
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Hit refresh: CMS updates Sunshine Act data
CMS announced that it has updated the Sunshine Act / Open Payments dataset to reflect (1) changes made to records, (2) changes to delays in publication flags, (3) changes to disputed records, and (4) deleted records.
Not just physicians? Bill seeks to expand Sunshine Act to PAs and NPs
A bipartisan Senate bill (S. 2153) introduced this week would expand reporting obligations under the Sunshine Act / Open Payments program to cover payments or other transfers of value provided to physician assistants and nurse practitioners. Right now, …

CMS releases 2014 Sunshine Act data
On schedule, CMS released the 2014 Sunshine Act data, which shows $6.49 billion in transfers of value by pharmaceutical and medical-device manufacturers to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data covers 11.4 million financial transactions attributed to over 600,000 physicians…

Government gears up: Sunshine data informs investigations and inquiries
This week at an enforcement panel, government representatives discussed using the Sunshine Act data to delve into allegations of kickbacks to doctors and detect industry trends of improper behavior.
During the American Conference Institute’s 7th Annual Forum on Sunshine Act…

Data refresh: CMS releases 2013 hospital and physician payment information
CMS has released data sets showing payments to hospitals and physicians for calendar year 2013: the same calendar year as the Sunshine Act data released last fall. As a result, various sources will have contemporaneous data that could be used…
OIG releases FY 2015 work plan mid-year update
This week, the OIG published its Mid-Year Update to its 2015 Work Plan, which we previously summarized. The Mid-Year Update adds several new monitoring activities to the existing Work Plan, summarized below.
- review of financial interests reported under
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CMS releases data on nationwide drug prescribing patterns
Broad interpretation of France’s Sunshine Act continues global trend toward transparency
Beyond the United States’ Physician Payments Sunshine Act reporting requirements, international pharmaceutical and device companies must account for a growing number of transparency requirements related to their interactions with healthcare professionals.
For example, in France, the Bertrand Act requires transparency…
Sunshine data submitted; 45-day review-and-dispute period begins April 6
Physicians and teaching hospitals can begin reviewing the Sunshine Act data attributed to them by applicable manufacturers on Monday, April 6.
The 2014 data – the first full year of reported data – was due on March 31. Physicians and…