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Dollars for Doctors

How Industry Money Reaches Physicians

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Dollars for Doctors

Feed Me, Pharma: More Evidence That Industry Meals Are Linked to Costlier Prescribing

A third study shows an association between physician drug choices and their interactions with the pharmaceutical industry.

by Charles Ornstein,

98 stories published since 2010

After Receiving Millions in Drug Company Payments, Pain Doctor Settles Federal Kickback Allegations

by Charles Ornstein,

Doctors Prescribe More of a Drug If They Receive Money from a Pharma Company Tied to It

by Hannah Fresques,

How Much Money Has Your Doctor Received From Drug Companies?

by Steve Mills,

We Found Over 700 Doctors Who Were Paid More Than a Million Dollars by Drug and Medical Device Companies

by Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

Updated: Dollars for Docs

by Mike Tigas, Ryann Grochowski Jones, Charles Ornstein and Lena V. Groeger,

Opioid Makers, Blamed for Overdose Epidemic, Cut Back on Marketing Payments to Doctors

by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

We’ve Added 2016 Data to Dollars for Docs

by Charles Ornstein, Mike Tigas, Ryann Grochowski Jones, and Lena V. Groeger,

With Drug Reps Kept At Bay, Doctors Prescribe More Judiciously

by Charles Ornstein,

Pharma Money Reaches Guideline Writers, Patient Groups, Even Doctors on Twitter

by Charles Ornstein,

We’ve Updated Dollars for Docs. Here’s What’s New.

by Ryann Grochowski Jones, Charles Ornstein and Mike Tigas,

Updated Dollars for Docs

by Charles Ornstein, Lena V. Groeger, Mike Tigas and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

Illinois Sues Controversial Drug Maker Over Deceptive Marketing Practices

by Jessica Huseman,

Drug and Device Makers Pay Thousands of Docs with Disciplinary Records

by Jessica Huseman,

Drug and Device Makers Find Receptive Audience at For-profit, Southern Hospitals

by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

How We Compiled the Dollars for Docs Hospital Data

by Ryann Grochowski Jones and Charles Ornstein,

What Percentage of Doctors at Your Hospital Take Drug, Device Payments?

by Fan Fei, Charles Ornstein, Ryann Grochowski Jones and Sisi Wei,

Another Study Finds Link Between Pharma Money and Brand-name Prescribing

by Ryann Grochowski Jones,

Now There’s Proof: Docs Who Get Company Cash Tend to Prescribe More Brand-Name Meds

by Charles Ornstein, Mike Tigas and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

ProPublica Adds Teaching Hospitals to Dollars for Docs

by Charles Ornstein,

Updated Dollars for Docs

by Charles Ornstein, Mike Tigas and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

Bill Would Add Nurses, Physician Assistants to Pharma Payments Database

by Charles Ornstein,

Transparency Program Obscures Pharma Payments to Nurses, Physician Assistants

by Charles Ornstein,

New Dollars for Docs

by Lena V. Groeger, Charles Ornstein, Mike Tigas and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

A Pharma Payment A Day Keeps Docs' Finances Okay

by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

About the Dollars for Docs Data

by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

Why Pharma Payments to Doctors Were So Hard to Parse

by Charles Ornstein, Mike Tigas and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

Vying for Market Share, Companies Heavily Promote 'Me Too' Drugs

by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

Methodology for Calculating Company Payments to Doctors

by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

Dollars for Dudes: Almost No Women Among Medical Industry's Top-Paid Speakers, Consultants

by Charles Ornstein,

$1.1 Billion in Drug, Device Payments to Doctors Not Included in New Federal Database

by Charles Ornstein,

Analysis: Government's New Doctor Payments Website Worthy of a Recall

by Charles Ornstein,

Our First Dive Into the New Open Payments System

by Charles Ornstein,

What to be Wary of in the Govt's New Site Detailing Industry Money to Docs

by Charles Ornstein,

What We've Learned From Four Years of Diving Into Dollars for Docs

by Charles Ornstein, Eric Sagara and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

More Data to Be Withheld from Database of Physician Payments

by Charles Ornstein,

Government Will Withhold One-Third of the Records from Database of Physician Payments

by Charles Ornstein,

Top Acthar Prescribers in Medicare Have Ties to Its Maker

by Charles Ornstein,

Glitch Prompts Temporary Shutdown of Pharma Payment Verification System

by Charles Ornstein,

Podcast: What to Look for in Federal Release of Payments From Big Pharma

by Nicole Collins Bronzan,

Error: You Have No Payments from Pharma

by Charles Ornstein,

Leaders of Teaching Hospitals Have Close Ties to Drug Companies, Study Shows

by Charles Ornstein,

Reporting Recipe: Dollars for Docs

by Charles Ornstein,

Double Dip: Doctors Paid to Advise, Promote Drug Companies That Fund Their Research

by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

Doctor Payments on the Decline

by Eric Sagara,

As Full Disclosure Nears, Doctors’ Pay for Drug Talks Plummets

by Charles Ornstein, Eric Sagara and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

Freed of Disclosure Requirement, Drug Maker Pulls Doctor Payments Offline

by Charles Ornstein,

GlaxoSmithKline to Quit Paying Doctors for Promotional Talks

by Charles Ornstein,

Pay to Prescribe? Two Dozen Doctors Named in Novartis Kickback Case

by Theodoric Meyer,

Heart of Nerd Darkness: Why Updating Dollars for Docs Was So Difficult

by Jeremy B. Merrill,

Dollars for Docs Mints a Millionaire

by Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein,

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