Accurate Spend is a fully managed federal reporting solution for pharma manufacturers. Upload your spend data in any format, and our expert consultants handle everything through to CMS Open Payments submission — at a price point that's unmatched in the market.
Why Teams Choose Accurate Spend
Significantly lower cost than legacy enterprise platforms
Any data format accepted — no reformatting required
Dedicated compliance consultants on every engagement
10+ years of Sunshine Act & Open Payments expertise
Full-cycle: data collection through dispute resolution
Federal reporting — focused, specialized, no scope creep
The federal Sunshine Act governs how every dollar you spend on healthcare professionals gets reported. Here's what that means for your organization — one point at a time.
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Need state-level filings too? Those are handled by our separate State Reporting service.
Who Must Report
Under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Section 6002 of the ACA), pharma and medical device manufacturers must report every transfer of value to covered HCPs and teaching hospitals to CMS each year.
Public & Permanent
Every payment is published in the CMS Open Payments database for anyone to see — so accuracy, completeness, and on-time filing are critical to your reputation.
What Counts as a Payment
Meals, speaker fees, consulting, travel, education, research, royalties, and ownership interests — across every product line and business unit.
The Penalty Risk
Civil monetary penalties run $1,000–$10,000 per unreported payment — up to $1.18 million per year.
A proven six-phase approach that takes your raw spend data all the way through to a validated, CMS-accepted Open Payments submission.
Your team submits spend data in whatever format it exists — spreadsheets, ERP exports, SAP Concur/Oracle extracts, CRM reports, or manual files. No template required; we work with what you have.
Our team maps your source data fields to the CMS Open Payments schema — applying standard payment categories, nature of payment codes, and recipient classification rules.
Automated validation checks identify duplicate records, missing NPI numbers, incorrect thresholds, and HCP matching issues — followed by expert review to resolve all exceptions.
Your dedicated compliance consultant reviews the final dataset with your team — confirming accuracy, completeness, and compliance before any submission is made.
We prepare the finalized submission file and support the upload to the CMS Open Payments system — managing any technical rejections or system errors through to acceptance.
After submission, we manage the Open Payments dispute window — responding to HCP inquiries, processing correction requests, and maintaining your compliance record through the annual review cycle.
Accept data from any source system in any file format. We handle transformation, so your team has zero rework burden.
Accurate matching of healthcare professionals to NPPES records ensures every payment is attributed to the correct covered recipient.
Built-in checks for payment thresholds ($10 de minimis, $100 aggregate), nature of payment codes, and CMS technical file requirements.
Automated identification of duplicate records across multiple source systems — with expert-guided resolution to protect report integrity.
Structured calendar of monthly uploads, quarterly reviews, and annual CMS submission activities — so nothing falls through the cracks.
Full management of the 45-day HCP dispute review window — including responses, corrections, and re-submissions as needed.
Complete documentation trail of data sources, transformations, validations, and submission records — ready for internal audits or regulatory inquiries.
Every client is assigned a dedicated compliance consultant — your direct point of contact, not a shared support queue.
See how Accurate Spend stacks up against legacy enterprise platforms.
| Feature | Accurate Spend | Legacy Platforms |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Cost-effective — fraction of competitors | High enterprise licensing fees |
| Data Format | Any format accepted | Often requires specific templates |
| Support Model | Dedicated named consultant | Shared helpdesk / ticketing |
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| Time to Onboard | Days, not months | Weeks to months of implementation |
Any company manufacturing drugs, biologics, or combination products covered under Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP programs.
Device manufacturers with covered products who engage in commercial interactions — speaker programs, consulting, research — with HCPs.
GPOs required to report ownership and investment interest held by physicians or their immediate family members.