Open Payments Resources for Reporting Entities
Resources for Reporting Entities
These resources provide important information for reporting entities. We also have general resources and resources for covered recipients.
Open Payments User Guide for Reporting Entities (PDF)
A detailed resource to help reporting entities understand how the Open Payments system works
Data Collection
- Program Year 2023 Data Collection Tutorial (PDF)
A tutorial to provide reporting entities with information about the data collection changes for Program Year 2023. - Medical Device and Medical Supply Name and Primary Device Identifier – Dataset (CSV)
This reference data includes medical device and medical supply names along with Primary Device Identifier (PDI) information for all medical device and medical supplies listed in the Food and Drug Administration’s Global Unique Device Identification Database Directory (GUDID) through June 30, 2020. This is reference data only. The dataset instructions document provides details on how to use this data: - Lists of Teaching Hospitals
To help reporting entities prepare each year, Open Payments provides a list of teaching hospitals that are considered reportable. View these lists in PDF or Excel below:- Program Year 2025
Teaching Hospitals 2025 (PDF) or Teaching Hospitals 2025 (XLSX) - Program Year 2024
Teaching Hospitals 2024 (PDF) or Teaching Hospitals 2024 (XLSX) - Program Year 2023
Teaching Hospitals 2023 (PDF) or Teaching Hospitals 2023 (XLSX) - Program Year 2022
Teaching Hospitals 2022 (PDF) or Teaching Hospitals 2022 (XLSX) - Program Year 2021
Teaching Hospitals 2021 (PDF) or Teaching Hospitals 2021 (XLSX) - Program Year 2020
Teaching Hospitals 2020 (PDF) or Teaching Hospitals 2020 (XLSX) - Program Year 2019
Teaching Hospitals 2019 (PDF) or Teaching Hospitals 2019 (XLSX) - Program Year 2018
Teaching Hospitals 2018 (PDF) or Teaching Hospitals 2018 (XLSX) - Program Year 2017
Teaching Hospitals 2017 (PDF) or Teaching Hospitals 2017 (XLSX)
- Program Year 2025
General Guides
- Open Payments Data Submission Suggestions (PDF)
Suggestions for meeting the Open Payments reporting requirements - Data Submission Documents and Resources (PDF)
Instructions and other resources in support of proper data submission
Submission Sample Files
Use the sample files below to format your data correctly for upload into the Open Payments system.
Program Year 2023
ONLY use these files for records dated from January 1, 2023 and onward:
Program Years 2021 to 2022
ONLY use these files for records dated from January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022:
Program Years 2018 to 2020
ONLY use these files for records dated from January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2020:
Program Years 2018 and Onwards: Physician Owner/Investor
This sample file should be used for submitting ownership/investment interests for all program years.
Submission Data Mapping Resources
The files below will help you format your data submissions and understand any error codes you might encounter.
The Submission Data Mapping Document explains each data element name in the Open Payments system and shows the corresponding field name in the CSV sample file.
The Change Summary documents detail the changes made since the prior update; review page 1 of each Change Summary for instructions on how to use the Submission Data Mapping document and understand updates.
Submission Data Mapping Document | Change Summary | Record Date Range |
|---|---|---|
| Program Year (PY) 2023 (XLSX) | Program Year (PY) 2023 (PDF) | On or after January 1, 2023 |
| Program Years 2021-2022 (XLSX) | Program Years 2021-2022 (PDF) | January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2022 |
| Program Years 2018-2020 (XLSX) | Program Years 2018-2020 (PDF) | January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2020 |
- Error and Warning Code Key (XLSX)
This list contains all error codes that the Open Payments system generates for records with validation errors and provides guidance to correct those errors. - Preliminary Program Year 2025 Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Taxonomy List (XLSX)
This resources is a preliminary list of covered recipient specialties for Open Payments Program Year 2025 (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025) - Program Year 2024 Physician and Non-Physician Taxonomy List (XLSX)
This resource contains the full set of covered recipient specialties for Open Payments Program Year 2024 (January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024). - Program Year 2023 Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Covered Recipient Taxonomy List (XLSX)
This resource contains the full set of covered recipient specialties for PY 2023 Open Payments data reporting. - Program Year 2022 Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Covered Recipient Taxonomy List (XLSX)
This resource contains the full set of covered recipient specialties for PY 2022 Open Payments data reporting. It includes taxonomy codes for physicians, non-physician practitioners, and the new provider types added to the Open Payments definition of a covered recipient starting with 2022 data collection: physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologist assistants, and certified nurse midwives. - Drug Name and National Drug Code (NDC) Reference Data
The Drug Name and NDC Reference Data is intended to be used as a reference when creating payment records for submission to the Open Payments system- Reference Data File (ZIP) (pipe-delimited CSV file)
- Drug Name and NDC Reference Data Instructions (PDF)
Provides more detailed instructions for use with the Reference Data File when creating payment records
Review and Dispute
These resources will help you when resolving disputes.
- Review and Dispute Overview (PDF)
A detailed overview of the review and dispute process for reporting entities
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10/18/2024 12:55 PM