NEW GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENT:
This is a government document that all physicians are required to provide to all patients. It is not originating from Dr. Kardong nor is it relevant to Dr. Kardong, who does not accept money, gifts, devices or drug samples from pharmaceutical nor device companies.
New Law Requires Notice to Patients About Open Payments Database
Pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 1278, physicians will soon be required to provide a notice to their patients regarding the Open Payments database (Database), which is managed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS.
Specifically, this new law requires physicians to do the following beginning January 1, 2023:
- At the initial office visit with their patient, a physician must provide either a written or electronic notice of the Database that includes the following text:
“The Open Payments database is a federal tool used to search payments made by drug and device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals. It can be found at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.” - Post a notice regarding the Database at each location where the physician practices, in an area likely to be seen by all persons. That notice must include an internet website link to the Database and the following text:
“The Open Payments database is a federal tool used to search payments made by drug and device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals. It can be found at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.”
“For informational purposes only, a link to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments web page is provided here. The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires that detailed information about payment and other payments of value worth over ten dollars ($10) from manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics to physicians and teaching hospitals be made available to the public.”
“For additional information, please see the text of AB 1278.”
“Beginning January 1, 2024, a physician who uses a website in their medical practice must conspicuously post the same notice described above in number 2 on their website”.