CMS opens up 2014 Open Payments data to the public

On June 30, CMS published Open Payments data for 2014 that detail transfers of value, such as direct payments, honoraria, or research grants, by drug and medical device makers to physicians and other health care providers. The data include information about 11.4 million financial transactions, attributed to more than 600,000 physicians and more than 1,100 teaching hospitals, totaling $6.49 billion. The Open Payments program is a product of the Affordable Care Act.  

With this data release, both the 2014 and 2013 financial records are now available to the public. CMS will continue to update the Open Payments website annually to incorporate data collected from the previous year and to include updates to data disputes and other data corrections made since the initial publication. For more information about the program, including how physicians can register so they can review payments tied to them and report potential errors, please visit the Open Payments page on the CMS website.

– Kent Moore, Senior Strategist for Physician Payment for the American Academy of Family Physicians