Open Payments Reminder: Physician Dispute Period Ends May 15

Physicians and teaching hospitals have until May 15 to voluntarily review data reported by drug and medical device makers about them for CY 2015, and, if necessary, dispute payments, before the data is made public on June 30, 2016. If you have never registered in the Open Payments system, initial registration is a two-step process and should only take 30 minutes. See the Open Payments Registration webpage for more information.

If you registered last year in the CMS Enterprise Portal, you do not need to reregister:

• If you accessed your account within the last 60 days, log in using your user ID and password, and navigate to the Open Payments system home page
• If you have not accessed your account within the last 60 days, enter your user ID and correctly answer all challenge questions; you will then be prompted to enter a new password
• If you have not accessed the system in over 180 days, contact the help desk to reinstate your account

For more information, Contact the Help Desk at openpayments@cms.hhs.gov or 855-326-8366, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 am to 7:30 pm ET.