Medicare: Medical device companies paid out $200m to physicians last year

Medical device companies' aggregate spend on payment and other gifts to physicians was at least $200 million last year, according to the U.S. Health & Human Services Dept., but critics (and the agency itself) flag widespread problems with the Open Payments database.

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Some 437 medical device companies paid out a collective $199 million in cash and other payments to physicians last year, according to a new database from the U.S. Health & Human Services Dept.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS)

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