March 12, 2026 11:16 PM PDT
Hi! We have several pharmaceutical representatives that come in periodically to drop-off lunches for our medical staff. I realize that drug companies are supposed to have these expenses tracked in the Open Payments CMS program. As the practice manager, do I need to maintain my own separate record of these lunches, or are records kept for all drug company lunches? I just want to make sure that our doctors do not have a surprise later when the numbers reported might be incorrect. What does everyone else do?
Hi! We have several pharmaceutical representatives that come in periodically to drop-off lunches for our medical staff. I realize that drug companies are supposed to have these expenses tracked in the Open Payments CMS program. As the practice manager, do I need to maintain my own separate record of these lunches, or are records kept for all drug company lunches? I just want to make sure that our doctors do not have a surprise later when the numbers reported might be incorrect. What does everyone else do?