Pharma Payments / Open Payments data for AI agents
CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act): general, research, and ownership payments from pharmaceutical and device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals, plus national, state, company, and specialty rollups.
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Pharma Payments / Open Payments tools run on the same LiveDataLink endpoint as every other domain - one bearer key, no per-source integration. Add this to your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, n8n, LangChain, and more):
{
"mcpServers": {
"livedatalink": {
"url": "https://livedatalink.ai/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
}
}
}Then call any tool below. The free tier gives you 1,000 queries/month across all 284 tools with no credit card.
Pharma Payments / Open Payments tools (8)
| open_payments_search | Search CMS Open Payments general payments (Sunshine Act): pharma/device payments to doctors and hospitals by company, doctor, state, specialty, year. |
| open_payments_top | Largest individual pharma payments (same filters as search, sorted by amount descending). |
| open_payments_research | Open Payments research payments: clinical research grants and study funding to doctors. |
| open_payments_ownership | Open Payments ownership/investment-interest data: doctors with equity stakes in pharma/device companies. |
| open_payments_by_company | Payment totals grouped by reporting company across all years. |
| open_payments_national_summary | National Open Payments totals and averages by payment-nature category. |
| open_payments_state_totals | State-level Open Payments totals and average per recipient. |
| open_payments_by_specialty | Open Payments totals grouped by medical specialty. |
Common queries this domain answers: open payments · sunshine act · pharma payments · physician payments · conflict of interest · doctor payments · device company · kickback · industry payments · royalty · consulting fee · cms open payments · pharma influence.
Why LiveDataLink for Pharma Payments / Open Payments
- One key, 59 domains. These tools sit alongside FMCSA carrier safety, sanctions screening, SEC filings, courts, Census, and FRED - no separate integration per source.
- Resale-safe. Sourced from CMS Open Payments - public and openly-licensed data you can embed and redistribute.
- Built for agents. Read-only annotated MCP tools, Streamable HTTP, Bearer auth. Works out of the box in Claude, Cursor, and n8n's native MCP node.
FAQ
- What Pharma Payments / Open Payments data can an AI agent access through LiveDataLink?
- CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act): general, research, and ownership payments from pharmaceutical and device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals, plus national, state, company, and specialty rollups. It exposes 8 tools (open_payments_search, open_payments_top, open_payments_research, open_payments_ownership, open_payments_by_company, open_payments_national_summary, and more) over the Model Context Protocol at https://livedatalink.ai/mcp, sourced from CMS Open Payments.
- How do I connect to the LiveDataLink Pharma Payments / Open Payments MCP server?
- Add https://livedatalink.ai/mcp as a Streamable-HTTP MCP server in Claude, Cursor, n8n, or any MCP client, with an "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" header. Get a free key (1,000 queries/month, no credit card) at https://livedatalink.ai/signup/free. No per-domain setup - the Pharma Payments / Open Payments tools load under the same key as every other domain.
- Is the LiveDataLink Pharma Payments / Open Payments data free and safe to redistribute?
- LiveDataLink sources Pharma Payments / Open Payments data from CMS Open Payments. Public-domain US-government and openly-licensed data is resale-safe, so results can be embedded and redistributed in your own product. The free tier includes 1,000 queries/month; paid plans start at $10/month.