Dollars for Docs
Pharmaceutical and medical device companies are now required by law to release details of their payments to a variety of doctors and U.S. teaching hospitals for promotional talks, research and consulting, among other categories. Use this tool to search for general payments (excluding research and ownership interests) made from August 2013 to December 2015. | Related Story: We’ve Updated Dollars for Docs. Here’s What’s New. »
Has Your Doctor Received Drug or Device Company Money?
in disclosed payments
doctors
teaching hospitals
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Totals listed below account for all payments from August 2013 to December 2015.
Top 50 Companies
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Highest-Earning Doctors
| Name | Payments |
|---|---|
JACKSON
ROGER JACKSONOrthopaedic Surgery of the Spine |
$54.1M |
NARAYAN
SUJATA NARAYANFamily Medicine |
$43.9M |
BURKHART
STEPHEN BURKHARTOrthopaedic Surgery |
$43.4M |
FOLEY
KEVIN FOLEYNeurological Surgery |
$39.8M |
UNDERWOOD
KAREN UNDERWOODPediatric Critical Care Medicine |
$28.5M |
Doctors Paid the Most Often
| Name | Payments |
|---|---|
STANKOVIC
ANA STANKOVICNephrology |
2,839 |
ZANGENEH
FARHAD ZANGENEHEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism |
2,433 |
BUSCH
ROBERT BUSCHEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism |
2,334 |
FRITZ
JOHN FRITZFamily Medicine |
2,196 |
Sacks
Gerald SacksSpecialist |
2,114 |
Teaching Hospitals Paid the Most
Payments in Your State
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About the Dollars for Docs Data
Details behind our drug company money database.
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Source
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments data.
Archive
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Background Stories
Drug and Device Makers Find Receptive Audience at For-profit, Southern Hospitals
A ProPublica analysis shows that where a hospital is located and who owns it make a big difference in what share of its doctors take industry payments.
What Percentage of Doctors at Your Hospital Take Drug, Device Payments?
Where a hospital is located makes a big difference in how many of its doctors take payments from drug and medical device companies. See how your state compares and look up your hospital.
Now There's Proof: Docs Who Take Company Cash Tend to Prescribe More Brand-Name Drugs
A ProPublica analysis has found for the first time that doctors who receive payments from the medical industry do indeed tend to prescribe drugs differently than their colleagues who don’t. And the more money they receive, on average, the more brand-name medications they prescribe.
Additional reporting, design & development by Madi Alexander, Al Shaw, Annie Waldman, Tobin Asher, Eric Sagara, Jeremy B. Merrill, Dan Nguyen, and Sisi Wei. Pharmacy, building, hospital and first aid icons from The Noun Project.
Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at drugs@propublica.org.