Medical Device Industry Payments and Utilization of Corresponding Devices

Is acceptance of payments from medical device manufacturers associated with physician utilization of the manufacturers’ devices?In this cross-sectional study linking device industry payments and Medicare claims for 12 devices between 2015 and 2023, cumulative payments exceeded $136 million, and more than a half million device-associated procedures were performed. Physicians who accepted higher payments from a manufacturer had greater utilization of that manufacturer’s device.These findings suggest that higher device-related industry payments to physicians are associated with increased utilization of corresponding devices.

Corresponding Author: Misop Han, MD, MS, James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Marburg 146, Baltimore, MD 21287 (mhan1@jhmi.edu).

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