Program Year 2020 Teaching Hospital List Now Available

The updated Open Payments Program Year 2020 Teaching Hospital List (in PDF and XLSX) is now available. The teaching hospital list identifies which teaching hospitals are considered covered recipients and are reportable in Program Year 2020.

Note that this list should only be used for Program Year 2020, data collected from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.

All teaching hospital lists are available on the Open Payments Resources Page.

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Key (de minimis) Thresholds for Program Year 2020 Reporting

The Open Payments key (de minimis) thresholds for reporting have been adjusted based on the Consumer Price Index.

Small payments or other transfers of value of less than $10.97 do not need to be reported, except when the total annual value of payments or other transfers of value to a covered recipient exceeds $109.69 for Program Year 2020.

Note that these amounts only apply to Program Year 2020, data collected from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.

You can access the Key (de minimis) Threshold for 2020 as well as prior program years’ thresholds on the Applicable Manufacture and GPO Data Collection page.

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Open Payments System Enhancements

This past September the Open Payments System was updated with three new enhancements. These enhancements consist of an updated physician matching, a new compliance portal, and an ability to view all system generated emails associated with an organization. Details of these enhancements are provided below.

Physician Matching Enhancements: new ability to validate physician information and download results at any time during or outside the submission period.

Compliance Portal: Functionality for the CMS Open Payments Compliance team to upload copies of any compliance related communications that may be sent to reporting entities.

System Generated Emails: Ability to view all system generated emails messages associated with an organization.

Note these emails are system generated emails only and are provided as read only. These do not include general Open Payments emails such as this email. Please continue to subscribe to the Open Payments listserv to receive regular Open Payments updates.

The Open Payments System Enhancement document provides detailed information about each of the new enhancements and improvements that directly affect end users of the Open Payments System.

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Need Help or Have Questions?

For more information about Open Payments, please visit the Open Payments website.

If you have any questions, you can submit an email to the Help Desk at openpayments@cms.hhs.gov. Live Help Desk support is available by calling 1-855-326-8366, (TTY Line: 1-844-649-2766) Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (ET), excluding Federal holidays.

To sign up for the Open Payments listserv, visit the Open Payments Contact Us page at: https://www.cms.gov/OpenPayments/Contact-Us/Contact-Us.html and enter your email address.