# CMS Open Payments Profile

> CMS Open Payments Profile is a paid API for AI agents from www.stratalize.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns CMS Open Payments Sunshine Act aggregates by physician or manufacturer, including payment amounts, types, and program year breakdowns.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.stratalize.com/api/x402/cms-open-payments-profile
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/cms-open-payments-profile-a204ca71
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_kO9xHCAtRp7xV8Q94ilz7

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability cms-open-payments-profile-a204ca71
```

Example prompt: Pull the CMS Open Payments profile for Dr. Jane Smith for program year 2022 — I want to see total payment amounts, payment types, and which manufacturers paid her.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured, aggregated CMS Open Payments / Sunshine Act data for a specific physician or manufacturer, especially for compliance audits, conflict-of-interest disclosures, M&A due diligence on healthcare entities, or physician payment transparency assessments. The cryptographic signing adds value when you need an independently verifiable audit trail.

## Known failure modes

- Recipient name not found in CMS database — returns empty or no-match result
- Invalid or future program year provided — returns error or no data
- Manufacturer name mismatch due to spelling variations — may return no results
- CMS data not yet published for a recent program year — returns empty dataset
- Rate limiting or payment failure — returns 402 or access denied

## How this service works

Stratalize — attested finance, legal, healthcare, and compliance intelligence. Signed, independently verifiable receipt on every call (trust.stratalize.com/verify). CMS Open Payments aggregates by physician or manufacturer — payment amounts, payment types, and program year breakdown. Source: CMS Open Payments Sunshine Act database. Use when assessing physician payment transparency or manufacturer relationship risk

## Output

Returns aggregated CMS Open Payments data including total payment amounts broken down by payment type and program year, along with an ML-DSA-65 cryptographic signature and a verifiable receipt URL for independent verification.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "program_year": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Request parameter: program year"
  },
  "recipient_name": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Request parameter: recipient name"
  },
  "manufacturer_name": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Request parameter: manufacturer name"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/cms-open-payments-profile-a204ca71/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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