CMS has announced that the Open Payments system is now open for physician and teaching hospital registration. While registering in the Open Payments system is not required for physicians or teaching hospitals, it is required in order to be able to review and dispute records attributed to them. The review and dispute period will begin in April 2016 and last for 45 days.
When data submission ends, physicians and teaching hospitals who have registered can review and dispute any records attributed to them. The initial registration is a two-step process and takes approximately thirty minutes. First, register in the CMS Enterprise Identity Management System (EIDM), and then register in the Open Payments System, which is accessible via the EIDM.
If you registered last year, you are not required to register again this year. However, if it has been over 180 days since you logged onto the EIDM, your account has been deactivated and you will need to contact the Help Desk to reactivate it.
If you are a physician or teaching hospital interested in registering, you should have your National Provider Identifier (NPI) number, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) number, and state license number (SLN) available.
CMS plans to publish the 2015 payment data, along with updates to the 2013 and 2014 data sets, on June 30, 2016.
If you have any questions, you can contact the Help Desk at openpayments@cms.hhs.gov or (855) 326-8366, Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 7:30 pm EST.
First of all i thought that registration is done yearly but i confirmed that If you registered last year, you are not required to register again this year Teaching Hospital Registration. Thanks for sharing.