Piper Hughes – Summit Nephrology

Piper Hughes, MD

Piper Hughes joined Summit Nephrology in the spring of 2019. She grew up in Santa Barbara, California and did her medical training at East Carolina University (ECU) Brody School of Medicine in Greenville, North Carolina. She completed her Medicine Residency in 2015 and Nephrology Fellowship in 2017. She served as Nephrology Faculty and Assistant Internal Medicine Clerkship Director at ECU prior to moving back to California and joining Summit Nephrology.

Dr. Hughes currently sees patients in the Auburn and Roseville area. She lives in Lincoln with her husband, two kids, and two dogs.

Degrees and Certifications

Valedictorian, Dos Pueblos High School, Goleta, CA 1999
Bachelor of Arts in Physical Anthropology, Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 2003
Master of Science in Medical Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 2003
Doctor of Medicine, Brody School of Medicine at ECU Greenville, NC 2012
Internal Medicine Residency Program, Brody School of Medicine at ECU, Greenville NC 2015
Chief Fellow, Nephrology Fellowship Brody School of Medicine at ECU, Greenville NC 2016-2017
Nephrology Fellowship Brody School of Medicine at ECU, Greenville NC 2017
Board Certified Internal Medicine 2015
Board Certified Nephrology 2017

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The Open Payments database is a federal tool used to search payments made by drug and device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals. It can be found at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

New Law Requires Notice to Patients About Open Payments Database
Pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 1278, physicians will soon be required to provide a notice to their patients regarding the Open Payments database (used to search payments made by drug and medical device companies to clinicians), which is managed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS. Specifically, this new law requires physicians to do the following beginning January 1, 2023:

At the initial office visit with their patient, a physician must provide either a written or electronic notice of the Database that includes the following text: “The Open Payments database is a federal tool used to search payments made by drug and device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals. It can be found at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.” If the physician uses an electronic records system, they must include a record of this notice in the patient’s records. If the physician uses a paper-based records system, then the written notice to the patient must include a signature from the patient (or their representative) and a date of signature. Further, a copy of the written notice must be provided to the patient (or their representative) and included in the patient’s records.
Post a notice regarding the Database at each location where the physician practices, in an area likely to be seen by all persons. That notice must include an internet website link to the Database and the following text: “For informational purposes only, a link to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments web page is provided here. The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires that detailed information about payment and other payments of value worth over ten dollars ($10) from manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics to physicians and teaching hospitals be made available to the public.” If a physician is employed by a health care employer, that employer is responsible for meeting this requirement.

Beginning January 1, 2024, a physician who uses a website in their medical practice must conspicuously post the same notice described above in 2) on their website. If a physician is employed by a health care employer, that employer is responsible for meeting this requirement.

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