Top 50 RI Physicians Received Payments Totaling $12.8 Million — See List
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
In Rhode Island, the top 50 physicians who received payments from drug and medical device companies received in total more than $12.8 million between 2013 and 2016. The next 3,400 plus Rhode Island doctors combined received less than $12 million.
“Pharmaceutical and medical device companies are required by [federal law] to release details of their payments to a variety of doctors and U.S. teaching hospitals for promotional talks, research and consulting, among other categories,” says ProPublica.
The data was collected from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare by ProPublica. The Rhode Island data and the top 50 list was compiled by GoLocalProv.com.
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The following information was compiled by ProPublica for industry payments between August 2013 and December 2016.