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Open Payments and the Nurse Practitioner: Your Role in a Transparent Healthcare System
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Released: 08/06/2025
Expires: 08/31/2026 11:55 PM CT (subject to change)
- CE for this activity will not be available after this date.
 | This activity includes transcription. |
Overview
Listen in as representatives from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provide an overview presentation of the Open Payments program. Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system, housing a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to certain health care providers, known as covered recipients. Since January 1, 2021, nurse practitioners are considered covered recipients in the Open Payments program. In this session, you will learn about how the Open Payments program operates, hear highlights of the data, and become familiar with your role as a covered recipient.
This activity is an Accredited AANP Podcast Activity.
Learners will need to listen to the podcast through their preferred podcast provider (Search for "NP Pulse" and listen to Episode 156). A participation code will be given at the END of the podcast - make sure to write this code down. Once you've listened to the podcast and have the participation code, return to this activity in the CE Center. Click on the "Next Steps" button of the activity and (1) enter the participation code that was provided, (2) complete the post-test, and (3) complete the activity evaluation. This will award your CE credit and certificate of completion.
Objectives- Describe the Open Payments program and the cycle of each program year.
- Explain the steps for getting involved in Open Payments.
- Summarize how to review, affirm and dispute data.
- Discuss the publicly accessible data in Open Payments and its impact on your practice as a nurse practitioner.
Speakers
Amy Bedsaul, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Veronika Peleshchuk-Fradlin, Director of the Division of Transparency Programs
Frank Harrington, AANP Director of Reimbursement and Regulatory Affairs
Disclosure
This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies.
The speakers for this program have the following disclosures:- Amy Bedsaul
- Veronika Peleshchuk-Fradlin
- Frank Harrington
This CE activity is supported by AANP.
All planners of this activity have nothing to disclose.
Disclaimer
Individuals who have contributed to the CE Center were carefully selected for their knowledge and experience in the subject area under review. This presentation is informational only and may contain opinions of the authors from their personal experience that do not necessarily express the opinions of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). The activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. Clinical practice is a constantly changing process and new information becomes available every day. Neither AANP nor the contributing individuals can warrant that the material will continue to be accurate, nor do they warrant that the material is completely free of errors upon publication. Attendees and participants should appraise the information presented critically and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for any product or device mentioned in this program.
CE Credit Instructions- Read this activity description, including objectives and disclosures.
- Complete the educational content:
- AANP Podcast: Click the Play button to be taken to the NP Pulse podcast on Podbean. If you have a different podcast provider that you prefer, launch your preferred podcast app and search for "NP Pulse".
- Listen to all of Episode 156. A participation code will be provided at the end. Make sure to write this code down! You will need this code to unlock access the the post-test and evaluation to complete the activity to earn your CE credit. The code will consist of a LETTERS and NUMBERS. When entering the code in the Participation Code field, make sure you enter the letters and numbers together (no space between them). Letters are not case sensitive.
- Return to the AANP CE Center. Click on the activity from your CE Activities list and then click the blue Next Steps button:
- A new window will open. Provide and submit the Participation Code, exactly as it was given at the end of the podcast, in the available text field.
- Submit the activity evaluation to receive full AANP CE/Rx credit and your certificate of completion.
Additional Information
For questions or more information concerning this online CE activity, please visit the AANP Help Center to find answers to frequently asked questions and request assistance.
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