Jaiswal Dev, Checketts Jake X, Vassar Matt
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2018 Dec 1;118(12):781-787. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2018.170.
The goal of Open Payments and the Physician Payments Sunshine Act is to foster transparency and accountability to help stakeholders better understand financial ties between physicians and teaching hospitals and the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
To evaluate the nature of industry relationships among cardiologists using the Open Payments database.
The authors used the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments data for calendar year 2015 to evaluate the financial relationship between cardiologists and medical industries (manufacturers of medications, devices, biologics, and medical supplies). The database used in this specific investigation included general payments reported for 2015. Payments were broken down by totals, type, company, and range.
In the 2015 calendar year, 81,977 payments were made to 12,078 cardiologists, amounting to $13,906,167.43. The minimum payment made to a cardiologist was $1.16 and the maximum, $2,805,825. The most frequent category was $11 to $50, with 53,722 payments made (65.5%), followed by less than $10, with 12,307 payments made (15.0%).
Payments to cardiologists were highly variable. Additional studies regarding the effects of these payments may be warranted.
《公开支付》和《医师支付阳光法案》的目标是促进透明度和问责制，以帮助利益相关者更好地理解医师与教学医院以及制药和医疗器械行业之间的财务关系。
使用公开支付数据库评估心脏病专家与行业之间关系的性质。
作者使用了医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心2015日历年的公开支付数据，以评估心脏病专家与医疗行业（药品、器械、生物制品和医疗用品制造商）之间的财务关系。本次具体调查中使用的数据库包括2015年报告的一般支付情况。支付按总额、类型、公司和范围进行了分类。
在2015日历年，向12,078名心脏病专家支付了81,977笔款项，总计13,906,167.43美元。向心脏病专家支付的最低金额为1.16美元，最高金额为2,805,825美元。最常见的支付类别是11美元至50美元，共支付了53,722笔（65.5%），其次是低于10美元，共支付了12,307笔（15.0%）。
向心脏病专家的支付差异很大。可能有必要对这些支付的影响进行更多研究。
