CMS Says 'Open Payments' Data Easier To Use, But Some See Reporting Inefficiencies
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
As CMS releases its 2015 "Open Payments" data on device and drug company payments to physicians, the agency is citing improvements in search tools and usability of the data. But one small startup device firm described onerous and inefficient reporting requirements, and the American Medical Association is citing "registration challenges" and continued data errors on the physician end.