DOCTOR SEARCH

DOCTOR SEARCH RESULTS

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Doctor Search was developed to address the authors receiving industry salaries. In 2007, four medical device companies – Zimmer, Inc., Depuy Orthopedics, Inc., Biomet, Inc., and Smith and Nephew, Inc. – reached financial settlements totaling $311 million with the Department of Justice to avoid criminal prosecution over financial inducements paid to surgeons. There was no admission of wrongdoing with the settlements.

However, the companies agreed to corporate compliance procedures and federal monitoring, according to Department of Justice orders. The four companies also executed Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs), which expired in March 2009.

Stryker Orthopedics, Inc., which was not involved in any financial settlements, voluntarily cooperated with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and completed a Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) with the government. Under the agreement, Stryker is required to implement all the reforms imposed on the other companies under the DPAs, including 18 months of federal monitoring.

As part of the DPA, all new consulting agreements require physicians to disclose financial arrangements with any company to their patients. The companies are required to disclose the name of each consultant and what they have been paid. This is required to be listed on the company website in an easily accessible fashion.

The Association for Medical Ethics has combined these reports into one searchable database in order to show compensation that doctors have received from each company. Above you can enter a doctor’s name and search if they are listed as a company consultant, and, if they are, see the amount of compensation they were paid.

Since the Physician Payment Sunshine Act became law this year requiring such disclosure of all medical manufacturers in 2013, some companies have voluntarily released this data now. These companies include Merck, Pfizer, and Medtronics. The thousands of names and amounts of compensation will also be available here. As all companies release this information, we will continue to immediately provide access to it.