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check your doctor: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/
by liveoneggs 9y ago
check your doctor: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/
- api_or_ipa 9y agoThis really should be more widely known. TIL my doctor got a meal + beverages worth $130. Seems reasonable compared to the national average of over $3k.
- tylersmith 9y agoWhen I was younger I was prescribed Paxil and strongly encouraged to stick with it despite horrible side effects. Brain shocks, hateful feelings, and definitely horrible depression to name a few of the non-personal ones. I still have them occasionally 6 years later. I eventually ran away from my old life, moved across the country, and eventually stopped the Paxil and eventually got better but not after burning a ton of bridges. After this site came out I found the doctor had been given nearly $30k from Glaxo Smith Kline over a few years.
- jws 9y agoMy doctor had 16 payments in 2016. Mostly in the $10-$13 range for food and drink. Looks like a rep paying for lunch at the medical center cafeteria. Sounds a lot like "ok, I want to hear about your product, but I'm not giving up billable hours for it, so talk at lunch". I'm not sure how doctors think, but there is no meal you can buy me that would make me go hear about your product if I didn't want to hear about your product.
- CyberDildonics 9y agoThe mean is $3,000 USD while the median is only $160. Some doctors must be getting a windfall.