Facial plating industry payments: An analysis of the open payments database

Article Surgery

Industry Payments to Plastic Surgeons: What Has Changed Over the Last 6 Years Following Implementation of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act?

Rowland W. Pettit et al.

Summary: The study compared industry payments made to plastic surgeons with all surgeons and all physicians using the Open Payments Database. It found that plastic surgeons received more payments than all physicians on average but less than all surgeons, with cash transactions being the most common payment type. The geographic trends in industry payments remained stable over the past 6 years.

AESTHETIC SURGERY JOURNAL (2022)

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Article Infectious Diseases

Trend in industry payments to infectious disease physicians in the United States: a seven-year analysis of nonresearch payments from the Open Payments Database between 2014 and 2020

Anju Murayama et al.

Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the trend in nonresearch payments made by the industries to infectious disease physicians in the United States since the launch of the Open Payments Database and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed a decrease in the total amount of payments and the number of physicians accepting payments since the inception of the database, and a significant decrease in nonresearch payments due to the pandemic. However, there was a slight increase in payments and the number of physicians accepting payments after the onset of the pandemic.

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION (2022)

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Article Medicine, Research & Experimental

Trends in Operative Complex Middle and Upper Maxillofacial Trauma: A 17-Year Study

Peiyi Su et al.

Summary: The study found a decrease in operative middle and upper maxillofacial trauma over the past 17 years, with assault being the most significant mechanism of trauma. The number of panfacial fractures saw the largest reduction.

LARYNGOSCOPE (2021)

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Article Anesthesiology

Industry Payments to Pain Medicine Physicians: An Analysis of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments Program

Vasudha Goel et al.

Summary: The study found that total payments to pain medicine physicians have been decreasing since 2016. The majority of payments are for food, beverage, and travel categories. Public and physician awareness of the Open Payments system reports is essential to promote transparency and minimize adverse effects of financial relationships on patient care.

PAIN MEDICINE (2021)

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Review Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine