OPEN PAYMENTS PATIENT DISCLOSURE
New Patient Disclosure Requirement
Effective January 1, 2023
To increase transparency regarding payments to physicians by drug and medical device companies, Governor Newsom signed AB 1278, which imposes certain additional disclosure obligations on physicians. Beginning on January 1, 2023, physicians will be required to comply with this patient notice and posting requirements. Under this law, physicians must provide patients with an Open Payments database notice. The notice must be provided to each patient at the initial visit in a written or electronic form.
Notice to Patients
For informational purposes only, a link to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments web page is provided here. The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires that detailed information about payment and other payments of value worth over ten dollars ($10) from manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics to physicians and teaching hospitals be made available to the public.
