Physician Payments Sunshine Act: CMS Will Not Enforce Penalties for Submissions Done By July 7

According to an official email companies from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS will not enforce penalites for reporting non compliance until after July 7th.

We had previously reported that CMS help desk had sent an email to one company stating that CMS extended the deadline to July 7.  The deadline remains at June 30th but companies will not be penalized for reporting before July 7, 2014.  

Companies should not delay reporting as this is a very detailed process in which your data may be rejected due to mistakes in submission of the data.

CMS encourages companies to  visit the Open Payments website. If you have any questions, you can submit an email to the Help Desk at openpayments@cms.hhs.gov.

Live Help Desk support is available by calling 1-855-326-8366, Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (CT), excluding Federal holidays. (Note: Please be prepared to experience longer wait times as there may be an increase in the volume of calls received.)

Thank you to the CMS press office and Michael Georgi, JD Regulatory Compliance Advisor at G&M Health, LLC for the information.