How Abbott Laboratories Pays Doctors
The largest category by dollar amount is food and beverage, accounting for $10.2M across 256,768 payments. Food and beverage payments are the most frequent: 256,768 meals averaging $40 each.
Food and Beverage
256,768 payments, avg $40
Consulting Fee
5,089 payments, avg $2K
Travel and Lodging
24,956 payments, avg $268
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v
2,498 payments, avg $1K
Grant
389 payments, avg $7K
Royalty or License
8 payments, avg $92K
Education
1,040 payments, avg $191
Long term medical supply or device loan
457 payments, avg $57
Charitable Contribution
3 payments, avg $8K
Where the Money Goes
California received the most from Abbott Laboratories: $3.6M across 5,817 doctors.
Showing top 15 states by total payment amount.
Which Specialties Does Abbott Laboratories Target?
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology doctors received the most from Abbott Laboratories: $5.6M across 2,043 providers.
Products Behind the Payments
These are the drugs and medical devices that Abbott Laboratories promoted to healthcare providers through payments, meals, and consulting arrangements.
Top Recipients
These doctors received the most from Abbott Laboratories. Click any name to view their full profile and see all their industry relationships.
Neurological Surgery · Cheyenne, WY
Nephrology · New Haven, CT
Neurological Surgery · Fountain Hill, PA
Interventional Cardiology · Chicago, IL
Cardiovascular Disease · Norfolk, VA
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lincoln, NE
Interventional Cardiology · Lincoln, NE
Interventional Cardiology · Scranton, PA
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Bedford, TX
Interventional Cardiology · Minneapolis, MN
Cardiovascular Disease · Beverly Hills, CA
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Palos Heights, IL
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Winter Park, FL
Interventional Cardiology · Omaha, NE
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Jonesboro, AR
Frequently Asked Questions
How much has Abbott Laboratories paid to doctors?
Abbott Laboratories made 291,208 payments totaling $34.1M to 74,229 healthcare providers. The average payment was $117 and the largest single payment was $196K.
What types of payments does Abbott Laboratories make?
Abbott Laboratories's payments include food and beverage ($10.2M), consulting fee ($10.0M), travel and lodging ($6.7M). They provided 256,768 meals to doctors, averaging $40 per meal.
Which doctors receive the most from Abbott Laboratories?
The top recipient is Claudio Feler (Neurological Surgery), who received $644K across 4 payments.
Are these payments legal?
Yes. The Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to publicly report payments to physicians and teaching hospitals. These payments cover legitimate activities like consulting, research, education, and meals during educational presentations. The data is published through the CMS Open Payments program.
Where does this data come from?
This data comes from the CMS Open Payments program (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov), which collects and publishes information about payments from drug and device manufacturers to physicians and teaching hospitals. Companies are required by law to report these payments.
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Source: CMS Open Payments program. Data includes general and research payments to physicians and teaching hospitals.