Registration, Attestation, Dispute Resolution and Correction, Assumptions Document and Data Retention Requirements for Open Payments (CMS-10495)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
12/08/2025
table that charts list comparision
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2026
51,480
78,234
1,873,839
1,946,034
0
0
Section 6002 of the Affordable Care Act added section 1128G to the Social Security Act (Act), which requires applicable manufacturers and applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs) of covered drugs, devices, biologicals, or medical supplies to report annually to CMS certain payments or other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals, as well as, certain information regarding the ownership or investment interests held by physicians or the immediate family members of physicians in such entities. Specifically, applicable manufacturers of covered drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies are required to submit on an annual basis the information required in section 1128G(a)(1) of the Act about certain payments or other transfers of value made to physicians and teaching hospitals (collectively called covered recipients) during the course of the preceding calendar year. Similarly, section 1128G(a)(2) of the Act requires applicable manufacturers and applicable GPOs to disclose any ownership or investment interests in such entities held by physicians or their immediate family members, as well as information on any payments or other transfers of value provided to such physician owners or investors. Applicable manufacturers must report the required payment and other transfer of value information annually to CMS in an electronic format. The statute also provides that applicable manufacturers and applicable GPOs must report annually to CMS the required information about physician ownership and investment interests, including information on any payments or other transfers of value provided to physician owners or investors, in an electronic format by the same date. This information collection request includes the Registration, Attestation, Assumptions Document and Data Retention Requirements this program.
Changes to burden in this package are based on several adjustments to the burden calculation methodologies that had been previously used, and which now encompass the following changes: (1) the number of entities, records, and disputes were updated from Program Year 2019 to Program Year 2023; (2) the total number of estimated hours for the mean hourly wage estimates were updated to BLS May 2023 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates. No burden-impacting updates to the system or program have been implemented since the previous iteration of this package.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form CMS-10495 General-Research-Ownership Submission Data Elements Screen Shots
CMS-10495 Supporting Statement.docx
Applicable GPO (Data Collection and Submission)