Phase 1 of provider registration for Open Payments

Phase 1 of provider registration for Open Payments begins June 1, 2014. Physicians and teaching hospitals that want to participate in Open Payments need to register in CMS’ Enterprise Portal. The benefit of registration, although voluntary, is that it allows providers to review data that industry has reported and dispute any inaccuracies. Phase 2 of provider registration begins in July and physicians and teaching hospitals can also begin to review and dispute the data at this time. The review and dispute period will last 45 days. Please share the following materials with anyone you feel may benefit from this information.

• Open Payments drop-in article (attached). Provider associations are encouraged to include the drop-in article in their newsletter or on their website. 
• CMS’ Open Payments Physician webpage: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/National-Physician-Payment-Transparency-Program/Physicians.html. This page also includes a link to two Medscape CME activities. 
• CMS’ Open Payments Physician fact sheet: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/National-Physician-Payment-Transparency-Program/Downloads/Program-Overview-for-Physicians-[August-2013].pdf
• Dr. Shantanu Agrawal’s blog entry on the CMS website: http://blog.cms.gov/2014/05/22/open-payments-data-collection-moves-forward/

In addition, there will be a National Provider Call on Open Payments on Thursday, June 12, from 1:30-3:00pm ET focused on physician and teaching hospital registration phases and the upcoming review and dispute process. Providers can register at: http://www.eventsvc.com/blhtechnologies/register/4e0a4849-fac9-4d7d-8e2b-d75e05cdb66d.