Final Reminder for Open Payments Pre-publication Review and Dispute

This is the final day for the pre-publication review and dispute period for Program Year 2018 Open Payments data. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will publish the Open Payments Program Year 2018 data and updates to the previous program years’ data in June 2019.

Pre-publication review and dispute closes today Wednesday May 15, 2019. Disputes must be initiated by 11:59pm (ET) on May 15, 2019 in order to be reflected in the June 2019 data publication.

Physician and teaching hospital review of the data is voluntary, but strongly encouraged.

CMS does not mediate or facilitate disputes. Physicians and teaching hospitals should work directly with reporting entities to resolve disputes

Reminders:

Registration in the Open Payments system is required in order to participate in review and dispute activities. For information on registration or account reactivation refer to the Physician Registration or Teaching Hospital Registration Quick Reference Guides.

Records eligible for review and dispute: all records submitted during the submission period of the current calendar year, including newly edited, submitted, and re-attested records from previous calendar years. For detailed information refer to the Physician and Teaching Hospital Review and Dispute Tutorial

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Have questions or need help? - Contact the Help Desk

Submit questions to the Help Desk via email at openpayments@cms.hhs.gov or by calling 1-855-326-8366, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (ET), excluding Federal holidays.

Extended hours for May 15, 2019: The Help Desk will be available from 8:30am – 10:00pm (ET) on Wednesday May 15, 2019.

The Help Desk refers media inquiries to CMS’ Press Office for response.