US health care industry reported $7.52 billion in payments physicians and hospitals in 2015

The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday published 2015 Open Payments data, along with newly submitted and updated payment records for the 2013 and 2014 reporting periods, at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/.

The Open Payments program (sometimes called the “Sunshine Act”) requires that transfers of value by manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies that are paid to physicians and teaching hospitals will be published on a public website.

For Open Payments program year 2015, health care industry manufacturers reported $7.52 billion in payments and ownership and investment interests to physicians and teaching hospitals.  This amount is comprised of 11.90 million total records attributable to 618,931 physicians and 1,116 teaching hospitals.