The following was released by CMS on June 30:
CMS Publishes Program Year 2019 Open Payments Data
Applicable manufacturers and Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) collectively reported $10.03 billion publishable payments and ownership and investment interests to physicians and teaching hospitals in Program Year 2019. Program Year 2019 accounts for payments or transfers of value made between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019.
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published Open Payments Program Year 2019 data, along with newly submitted and updated payment records for previous program years. The data is accessible at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/.
Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes transparency and accountability by making information about the financial relationships between applicable manufacturers and group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and physicians and teaching hospitals available to the public. Through this program, the public has access to a more transparent and accountable healthcare system.
For Program Year 2019, CMS published $10.03 billion in payments and ownership and investment interests made by applicable manufacturers and GPOs to physicians and teaching hospitals. This amount is comprised of 10.98 million total records attributable to 614,910 physicians and 1,196 teaching hospitals.
Payments are reported in three payment categories: general payments, research payments, and ownership or investment interests. Payments in the three major reporting categories for Program Year 2019 are:
- $3.56 billion in general (i.e., non-research related) payments
- $5.23 billion in research payments
- $1.24 billion of ownership or investment interests held by physicians or their immediate family members
Since the Open Payments program began in 2013, CMS has published 76.25 million records, accounting for $53.06 billion in payments and ownership and investment interests.
CMS is scheduled to refresh the Open Payments data in early 2021 to reflect updates to the data made since this publication.
For more information, please visit: https://www.cms.gov/openPayments
COVID-19 Information Related to Open Payments
CMS is aware that the COVID-19 pandemic is greatly impacting the healthcare community as a whole. We are sensitive to the challenges caused by the pandemic to both reporting entities and covered recipients. Visit our Frequently Asked Questions page to read our announcements to reporting entities and covered recipients regarding the impact of COVID-19.
