Cms Open Payments Data

Fetches CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act) data — payments from pharmaceutical and device manufacturers to physicians and teaching hospitals.

Example input

{
  "queries": ["Smith"],
  "datasetId": "fb3a65aa-c901-4a38-a813-b04b00dfa2a9",
  "limit": 25
}

Example output

{
  "source": "cms_open_payments",
  "query": "Smith",
  "recordType": "payment",
  "title": "JOHN SMITH",
  "identifier": "1234567",
  "date": "2023-04-15",
  "url": "https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/physician/1234567",
  "summary": "Payer: PFIZER INC. | Amount: $250.00 | Nature: Food and Beverage"
}

Pricing

This actor is charged per dataset item at $0.002/item.

Items returned	Estimated cost
100 items	~$0.20
1,000 items	~$2.00
5,000 items	~$10.00

Limitations

• API Rate Limits: Query rates may be restricted by upstream agency APIs
• Data Freshness: Information is refreshed on agency schedules; check source for update frequency
• Historical Depth: Available records depend on agency archive policies

Notes

• Default dataset: 2023 General Payment Data (ID: fb3a65aa-c901-4a38-a813-b04b00dfa2a9).
• For NPI number lookups, pass a 10-digit NPI as the query (auto-detected).
• URL query parameters use percent-encoded brackets (%5B0%5D) — required by the DKAN API.

Available Dataset IDs

Year	Type	ID
2023	General	fb3a65aa-c901-4a38-a813-b04b00dfa2a9
2024	Research	2f15cb85-8887-4dcc-a318-1f8ec1d815b3
2023	Research	ec9521bf-9d97-4603-814c-f4132d34bc4f

Best for

• Teams needing cms open payments data data in normalized JSON format.

Input

See .actor/input_schema.json for full input fields.

Output

Returns normalized dataset items with source/query/title/date/url/summary fields.