Physician Payments Sunshine Act

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Centers_for_Medicare_&_Medicaid_Services
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Sunshine_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (2018)
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:physician
teaching hospitals
manufacturers of covered drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies
gptkbp:availableOn Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments website
gptkbp:citation medical ethics discussions
gptkbp:codifiedIn 42 U.S.C. § 1320a–7h
gptkbp:createdDatabase Open Payments
gptkbp:dateEnacted gptkb:Affordable_Care_Act
2010
gptkbp:excludes payments less than $10 unless total annual payments exceed $100
discounts and rebates
educational materials for patient use
in-kind items for charity care
payments to residents (until 2021 amendment)
samples intended for patient use
gptkbp:expansion clinical nurse specialists
nurse practitioners
physician assistants
certified nurse-midwives
certified registered nurse anesthetists
gptkbp:firstPublicDataRelease 2014
gptkbp:firstReportingYear 2013
gptkbp:frequency annually
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Physician Payments Sunshine Act
gptkbp:includes general payments
research payments
ownership and investment interests
gptkbp:influencedBy concerns about conflicts of interest in medicine
gptkbp:penalty civil monetary penalties
gptkbp:publicDisclosure gptkb:Open_Payments_website
gptkbp:purpose increase transparency of financial relationships between health care providers and pharmaceutical manufacturers
gptkbp:requires manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies to report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals
gptkbp:section gptkb:Section_6002_of_the_Affordable_Care_Act
gptkbp:subjectOf academic research on industry-physician relationships
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sunshine_Act
gptkb:Open_Payments_program
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7