'Conflict of interest' doctor database unplugged | TheHill: "The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has pulled the plug on a new database intended to disclose potential conflicts of interest among physicians.
The agency’s Open Payments System lists payments from drug and medical device makers to doctors. It is supposed to go public on Sept. 30 after doctors have been given a chance to dispute any information on it by Aug. 2"