PHYSICIAN PAYMENTS: Drug and Device Makers

By Staff Reporters

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Physicians Received $12 Billion from Drug & Device Makers in Less Than 10 Years

A review of the federal Open Payments database found that the pharmaceutical and medical device industry paid physicians $12.1 billion over nearly a decade. Almost two thirds of eligible physicians — 826,313 doctors — received a payment from a drug or device maker from 2013 to 2022, according to a study published online in JAMA on March 28th. Overall, the median payment was $48 per physician.

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Orthopedists received the largest amount of payments in aggregate, $1.3 billion, followed by neurologists and psychiatrists at $1.2 billion, and cardiologists at $1.29 billion. To find out what any physician was paid, click here.

Source: Alicia Ault, MD Edge [4/3/24]

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