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Industry Payments to Nephrologists in the United States
Background Industry payments to physicians raise concerns about conflicts of interest that have the potential to impact patient care. In this study, we explored nonresearch and nonownership payments from industry to nephrologists to identify trends in compensation. Methodology Using data from the Ce...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8428165/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34522535 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17057 |
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author | Pakanati, Abhinandan R Kovvuru, Karthik Thombre, Vaishali Kanduri, Swetha Rani Nalleballe, Krishna Ranabothu, Saritha |
author_facet | Pakanati, Abhinandan R Kovvuru, Karthik Thombre, Vaishali Kanduri, Swetha Rani Nalleballe, Krishna Ranabothu, Saritha |
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description | Background Industry payments to physicians raise concerns about conflicts of interest that have the potential to impact patient care. In this study, we explored nonresearch and nonownership payments from industry to nephrologists to identify trends in compensation. Methodology Using data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), we explored financial relationships between industry and US nephrologists from 2014 to 2018. We analyzed payment characteristics including payment categories, payment distribution among physicians, regional trends, and biomedical manufacturers. Results In this retrospective study, a total of $75,174,999 was paid to nephrologists in the United States during the study period (i.e., 2014-2018). The number of board-certified nephrologists receiving payment from the industry increased from 11,642 in 2014 to 13,297 in 2018. Among board-certified nephrologists, 56% to 63% received industry payments during the study period. The total payments to nephrologists increased from $13,113,512 in 2014 to $16,467,945 in 2017, with consulting fees (24%) and compensation for services other than consulting (35%) being the highest-paid categories. The top 10% of physician beneficiaries collected 90% of the total industry payments. Conclusions A small proportion of US nephrologists consistently received the majority of industry payments, the value of which grew over the study period. |
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spelling | pubmed-84281652021-09-13 Industry Payments to Nephrologists in the United States Pakanati, Abhinandan R Kovvuru, Karthik Thombre, Vaishali Kanduri, Swetha Rani Nalleballe, Krishna Ranabothu, Saritha Cureus Nephrology Background Industry payments to physicians raise concerns about conflicts of interest that have the potential to impact patient care. In this study, we explored nonresearch and nonownership payments from industry to nephrologists to identify trends in compensation. Methodology Using data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), we explored financial relationships between industry and US nephrologists from 2014 to 2018. We analyzed payment characteristics including payment categories, payment distribution among physicians, regional trends, and biomedical manufacturers. Results In this retrospective study, a total of $75,174,999 was paid to nephrologists in the United States during the study period (i.e., 2014-2018). The number of board-certified nephrologists receiving payment from the industry increased from 11,642 in 2014 to 13,297 in 2018. Among board-certified nephrologists, 56% to 63% received industry payments during the study period. The total payments to nephrologists increased from $13,113,512 in 2014 to $16,467,945 in 2017, with consulting fees (24%) and compensation for services other than consulting (35%) being the highest-paid categories. The top 10% of physician beneficiaries collected 90% of the total industry payments. Conclusions A small proportion of US nephrologists consistently received the majority of industry payments, the value of which grew over the study period. Cureus 2021-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8428165/ /pubmed/34522535 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17057 Text en Copyright © 2021, Pakanati et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Nephrology Pakanati, Abhinandan R Kovvuru, Karthik Thombre, Vaishali Kanduri, Swetha Rani Nalleballe, Krishna Ranabothu, Saritha Industry Payments to Nephrologists in the United States |
title | Industry Payments to Nephrologists in the United States |
title_full | Industry Payments to Nephrologists in the United States |
title_fullStr | Industry Payments to Nephrologists in the United States |
title_full_unstemmed | Industry Payments to Nephrologists in the United States |
title_short | Industry Payments to Nephrologists in the United States |
title_sort | industry payments to nephrologists in the united states |
topic | Nephrology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8428165/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34522535 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17057 |
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