Post by Logan on Jul 7, 2016 23:48:50 GMT -6
Majority of doctors in big S.D. hospitals take industry payments
South Dakota hospitals are below the national average for having physicians who take payments from drug companies and medical device companies, an analysis by the investigative journalism organization ProPublica has found.
Six South Dakota hospitals with 50 doctors or more had physicians who received payments or gifts from industry sources. Pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies are required to report payments and gifts to the federal government, which in turn makes the data public. Most of the reports show small-dollar gifts, often meals. Other payments include royalties, grants and payments for speaking engagements.
The federal government began making the data public amid concerns that payments were influencing physicians’ decisions about what medications to prescribe or devices to use in procedures.
ProPublica assigned doctors in the 100 top medical specialties to hospitals based on Medicare claims data and what they reported to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It made the data, which was for payments made in 2014, available to USA Today Network newspapers, including the Argus Leader.
South Dakota hospitals are below the national average for having physicians who take payments from drug companies and medical device companies, an analysis by the investigative journalism organization ProPublica has found.
Six South Dakota hospitals with 50 doctors or more had physicians who received payments or gifts from industry sources. Pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies are required to report payments and gifts to the federal government, which in turn makes the data public. Most of the reports show small-dollar gifts, often meals. Other payments include royalties, grants and payments for speaking engagements.
The federal government began making the data public amid concerns that payments were influencing physicians’ decisions about what medications to prescribe or devices to use in procedures.
ProPublica assigned doctors in the 100 top medical specialties to hospitals based on Medicare claims data and what they reported to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It made the data, which was for payments made in 2014, available to USA Today Network newspapers, including the Argus Leader.