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Has your doctor received drug or device money from 2016 to the present? (Original Post) LAS14 Jul 2019 OP
Useful resource cp Jul 2019 #1
It's called an "emoji," and you'll find it in the expanded smilies section. 3catwoman3 Jul 2019 #2
Thanks! Sherman A1 Jul 2019 #3
Did the collection of data end? Quemado Jul 2019 #4
Use the colon instead of the greater than/lessor than marks... Wounded Bear Jul 2019 #5
Thank you. k8conant Jul 2019 #6
Payments heh tymorial Jul 2019 #7
I expect it does or it would be hard for doctors to come up with... LAS14 Jul 2019 #8
Yes, it includes the lunches jberryhill Jul 2019 #12
The sarcasm icon is on the second page of icons. Blue_true Jul 2019 #9
Jesus...mine got over $1,000.... dhill926 Jul 2019 #10
My names on that list and its complete bullshit GusBob Jul 2019 #11
Sure there's not another doctor with the same name Ms. Toad Jul 2019 #13

3catwoman3

(24,051 posts)
2. It's called an "emoji," and you'll find it in the expanded smilies section.
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 05:49 PM
Jul 2019

Click the three little dots to the right of the smiley holding the candle, and you'll find and a lot of others.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
3. Thanks!
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 05:58 PM
Jul 2019

I checked mine and looks like he has benefited from a few meals or lunches over the years, but nothing else. Not a real problem with them picking up the lunch tab or bringing in a box of donuts for the staff here and there.

Quemado

(1,262 posts)
4. Did the collection of data end?
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 06:22 PM
Jul 2019

When you click on the link, the page says to "use this tool to search for general payments (excluding research and ownership interests) made from August 2013 to December 2016" and it was last updated June 28, 2018.

tymorial

(3,433 posts)
7. Payments heh
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 07:12 PM
Jul 2019

I wonder if these dollar values include all of the catered lunches that drug reps provide doctors offices. I'm here to tell you that it is quite common. I know some practices that set aside multiple times throughout the month for these "meetings."

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
8. I expect it does or it would be hard for doctors to come up with...
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 07:34 PM
Jul 2019

... amounts like $23 or $220 since 2016.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
12. Yes, it includes the lunches
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 09:56 PM
Jul 2019


My doctor gets a sammich damn near every day from someone.

I always ask her, "Who is buying lunch today?" and ask to stick around.

You know, if some vendor wanted to bring you lunch on a regular basis, why on earth would you say "no"?

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
9. The sarcasm icon is on the second page of icons.
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 07:37 PM
Jul 2019

Doctors have long gotten benefits for prescribing certain drugs. There have been stories published from the past, everything from drop dead gorgeous "drug company reps" visiting their offices to paid junkets. Past articles point out that Doctors with busy practices are often targeted by the drug company efforts because they write a lot of prescriptions.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
11. My names on that list and its complete bullshit
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 08:54 PM
Jul 2019

Has my town wrong for one thing.

For the main thing, I work for the IHS. I havent seen a drug rep in like forever.

Complete fucking bullshit

Ms. Toad

(34,092 posts)
13. Sure there's not another doctor with the same name
Mon Jul 8, 2019, 02:25 AM
Jul 2019

in a different town?

The amounts I'm finding for my doctors match with roughly what I know from other disclosures available to me - or, when disclosures are not available, from observed interactions.

(primary care doc - heavily courted by drug companies - a few thousand; 2 specialists at fancy hospital >$100,000 each)

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