Dollars for Docs: Talk With Your Doctor

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This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

ProPublica's Dollars for Docs database lets you search for payments to U.S.-based doctors made by pharmaceutical and medical device companies between August 2013 and December 2018. The disclosure of these payments is required under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, a provision of the 2010 Affordable Care Act.


About This Information

  • The information that appears here comes directly from the federal government. Companies must attest to its accuracy, and doctors have the ability to contest information they believe is in error.
  • This site includes payments for such activities as speaking, consulting, meals, travel and royalties. It does not include payments for clinical research.
  • It is legal for companies to make payments to doctors as long as the payments are not a kickback or inducement to use their products.
  • Some doctors say collaborative relationships, particularly those involving research, are necessary to develop new treatments and cures. But many ethicists have raised questions about the payments, and studies show that they may influence doctors' prescribing decisions.
  • Only you can decide if this matters to you and if so, whether you want to talk with your doctor about it. If you plan to talk with your doctor (or if you already have), please help us by filling out this short survey: propub.li/participate-d4d

Preparing for Your Conversation

If you decide you'd like to talk to your doctor about this, please keep in mind:

  • Many health care professionals in our database have similar names, so you should start by asking your doctor if the person mentioned in this payment record is really him/her.
  • Your doctor may not know he or she is listed as receiving payments, especially if the payments are small. You can direct your doctor to this site (the URL will be printed at the top of the payment record) or directly to the government's site here: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/physician/347844
  • Some doctors are happy to discuss this information with you. Others might not be. The best approach is to ask questions and to not be accusatory.

Questions You Might Want to Ask

  • Is this you?
  • What type of work do you do with these companies?
  • Have you prescribed me any drugs that are manufactured by companies you've taken payments from?
  • Are there non-drug alternatives that I may want to consider first?
  • Are there less expensive generic alternatives to the drugs you have prescribed?
  • What devices have you used in my care that are manufactured by companies you've taken payments from?

Dollars for Docs: Talk With Your Doctor

https://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/doctors/pid/347844
If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.


DAVID MADOFF

Listed Specialty: Vascular & Interventional Radiology
525 E. 68TH STREET, P-501, NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN - WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE, NEW YORK, NY, 10065-4885

2018 Payments: At a Glance

38

payments

$5,194

payment total

10

companies paid this doctor

Types of Payments

Category Payments Payment Value
Food and Beverage
32 $2,654
Travel and Lodging
4 $1,991
Consulting
1 $350
Promotional Speaking/Other
1 $200

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments
LIPIODOL

drug

$2,738
PENUMBRA SYSTEM

device

$399
NAVICROSS

device

$350
CFN PLEURX

device

$284
3D REVASCULARIZATION

device

$258
SIR-SPHERES MICROSPHERES

device

$207
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$200
PRECISION INFUSION SYSTEM

device

$143
ANGIOJET

device

$122
LANTERN

device

$109
ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE

device

$88
NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS

device

$88
XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM

device

$88
HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE

device

$88
CERTUS 140 MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM

device

$77
FOX SV PTA CATHETER AND ARMADA 14 PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER AND VIATRAC 14 PLUS PERIPHERAL CATHETER

device

$57
HERCULINK ELITE RENAL AND BILIARY STENT SYSTEM

device

$57
HI-TORQUE SPARTACORE GUIDE WIRES

device

$57
OMNILINK ELITE VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM

device

$57
SUPERA PERIPHERAL STENT SYSTEM

device

$57
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

For ease of printing, only the 20 drugs and devices with the highest payments are displayed. For a complete list, please visit: https://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/doctors/pid/347844

Payment Details

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Nov 9, 2018 $920 LIPIODOL Travel and Lodging GUERBET LLC
Nov 11, 2018 $778 LIPIODOL Travel and Lodging GUERBET LLC
Nov 10, 2018 $426 LIPIODOL Food and Beverage GUERBET LLC
Jan 11, 2018 $350 NAVICROSS Consulting TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Oct 18, 2018 $284 CFN PLEURX Food and Beverage BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
Jan 5, 2018 $200 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other EMBOLX, INC.
Nov 11, 2018 $185 LIPIODOL Food and Beverage GUERBET LLC
Nov 12, 2018 $166 LIPIODOL Travel and Lodging GUERBET LLC
May 15, 2018 $150 3D REVASCULARIZATION Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $146 SIR-SPHERES MICROSPHERES Food and Beverage SIRTEX MEDICAL INC
Nov 9, 2018 $137 LIPIODOL Food and Beverage GUERBET LLC
Nov 11, 2018 $126 LIPIODOL Travel and Lodging GUERBET LLC
Jan 29, 2018 $122 ANGIOJET Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 31, 2018 $109 LANTERN Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Nov 19, 2018 $97 PRECISION INFUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage SUREFIRE MEDICAL, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $88 ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 20, 2018 $81 3D REVASCULARIZATION Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $68 PENUMBRA SYSTEM Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $67 PENUMBRA SYSTEM Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $65 CERTUS 140 MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY INC.

For ease of printing, 20 payments are displayed, the largest appearing on top. For a full list of payments, please visit: https://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/doctors/pid/347844

Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the 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 [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.