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The Sun Is Still Shining: Nature of Industry Payments to Transplant Surgeons From 2014 to 2019

Transplantation direct, 2022-05, Vol.8 (5), p.e1325-e1325 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Transplantation Direct. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. ;Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Transplantation Direct. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. 2022 ;ISSN: 2373-8731 ;EISSN: 2373-8731 ;DOI: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001325 ;PMID: 35474656

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  • Title:
    The Sun Is Still Shining: Nature of Industry Payments to Transplant Surgeons From 2014 to 2019
  • Author: Lombardi, Conner V ; Lang, Jacob J ; Clayton, Deklin ; Sindhwani, Puneet ; Rees, Michael ; Ekwenna, Obi
  • Subjects: Ethics
  • Is Part Of: Transplantation direct, 2022-05, Vol.8 (5), p.e1325-e1325
  • Description: Established in 2013, the Open Payments Program (OPP) mandated that medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers submit record of any financial incentive given to physicians to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which is in turn made publicly available. This study aims to characterize these payments to transplant surgeons over the first 6 y of OPP data. The study sample included all physicians who received at least one nonresearch payment as transplant surgeons to the OPP. To capture transplant surgeons who may be listed under their pipeline specialty, the American Society of Transplant Surgeons member directory as of January 2021 was queried. Payments were analyzed temporally, geographically, and by payment type, physician, and industry payer. In total, payments totaling $15 661 536 were made to 1335 transplant surgeons over the study period. The mean payment was $436.90 (SD, $1760), and the median payment was $52.94 (interquartile range, $18.29-$159.80). The top contributing companies were Intuitive Surgical, Inc.; Gilead Sciences, Inc.; and Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Only 5.3% ($827 236) was paid toward faculty or as a speaker for a nonaccredited and noncertified continuing education program and honorarium. Educational payments came in at $1 233 141 (7.9%) over the study period. $13 750 828.60 (87.8%) of the payments were for other categories (consulting fees, food and beverages, etc). Organ transplant and procurement region 7 and 8 transplant surgeons received the highest median payments during the study period. This study is the first to characterize the payments made to transplant surgeons since the passage of the Sunshine Act. Further studies are needed to understand and interpret the relationship between industry and transplant surgeons, as the payments may or may not translate to influence in medical decisions or use of medical devices.
  • Publisher: United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2373-8731
    EISSN: 2373-8731
    DOI: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001325
    PMID: 35474656
  • Source: Journals@Ovid Open Access Journal Collection Rolling
    Wolters Kluwer Open Health
    PubMed Central
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