Open Payments User Guide

This Open Payments User Guide includes definitions, descriptions, screenshots, tools, and tips designed to help applicable manufacturers, applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs), physicians, and teaching hospitals better understand how to comply with Open Payments (the Sunshine Act), including how to operationalize the collecting and reporting of data.
As the Open Payments system develops, the User Guide will be updated accordingly.
The User Guide consists of the following chapters:
• Introduction to Open Payments
• Introduction to Reporting and Data Collection
• Applicable Manufacturer and Applicable Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) Registration
• Data Submission and Attestation
• Audits
• Non-Compliance and Penalties
• Physician and Teaching Hospital Registration
• Review and Dispute
• Public Data Publishing
• Additional Information and Resources