Open Payments
Open Payments is a CMS national disclosure program. It publishes a searchable database of payments and other transfers of value that reporting entities — including drug and medical device companies — make to covered recipients such as physicians and teaching hospitals.
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The short answer
Search a doctor, company, or teaching hospital at OpenPaymentsData.cms.gov (opens in a new tab), or download the datasets there. CMS publishes the data once a year, on or by June 30, for the previous calendar year. CMS notes it does not comment on whether a relationship is beneficial or a conflict of interest — the data is open to interpretation.
The annual cycle (CMS)
Jan 1 – Dec 31
Collection
Reporting entities record payments to covered recipients, plus ownership or investment interests held by physicians or their immediate family.
Feb 1 – Mar 31
Submission
Reporting entities submit the prior year’s data to CMS.
Apr 1 – May 15
Review and dispute
Covered recipients have 45 days to review records attributed to them and dispute any with the reporting entity. CMS does not mediate.
May 15 – May 30
Corrections
Reporting entities correct disputed records.
By June 30
Publication
CMS publishes the data.
What is in the data
Open Payments groups records into research payments, general payments (such as food, travel, consulting, and speaking), and ownership and investment interests. CMS reported that Program Year 2025 data included 17.07 million records totalling $14.67 billion. The data reflects what reporting entities attest to; a record is not a finding of wrongdoing.
Common questions
- Who is a covered recipient?
- CMS describes covered recipients as physicians and certain other practitioners and teaching hospitals. Ownership interest reporting applies to physicians and their immediate family members.
- Can a doctor correct their Open Payments record?
- Yes. Covered recipients can register to review and dispute records during the annual April–May review period; disputes are resolved with the reporting entity, not CMS.
Sources
- What is Open Payments? (opens in a new tab) — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Open Payments data search (opens in a new tab) — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
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