CMS Seeks Ideas For Future Rule To Improve Open Payments System

CMS is seeking input from stakeholders on a wide-range of topics for a future rule to revise the Open Payments system, according the proposed 2017 physician fee schedule and an announcement for an open door forum to gather ideas. The agency wants advice on such key issues as whether information should be pre-vetted, how to better define a teaching hospital, and how to address reporting in the context of mergers and acquisitions. “From a data collection perspective, we welcome suggestions...