New California Law Turns Up the Heat on the Sunshine Act: California Physicians and Surgeons Must Provide Notice to Patients About the CMS Open Payments Database
Effective January 1, 2023, California Assembly Bill 1278 requires California-licensed physicians and surgeons, including physicians and surgeons licensed under the Medical Practice Act or the Osteopathic Act (but excluding physicians and surgeons working in a hospital emergency room), to provide each patient at the initial office visit a written or electronic notice of the Open Payments database.…