How Boston Scientific Corporation Pays Doctors
The largest category by dollar amount is compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v, accounting for $16.5M across 8,690 payments. Food and beverage payments are the most frequent: 230,888 meals averaging $44 each.
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v
8,690 payments, avg $2K
Food and Beverage
230,888 payments, avg $44
Consulting Fee
3,319 payments, avg $2K
Travel and Lodging
19,671 payments, avg $292
Acquisitions
16 payments, avg $290K
Grant
592 payments, avg $7K
Royalty or License
1 payments, avg $481K
Education
146 payments, avg $133
Where the Money Goes
California received the most from Boston Scientific Corporation: $5.2M across 6,023 doctors.
Showing top 15 states by total payment amount.
Which Specialties Does Boston Scientific Corporation Target?
Internal Medicine doctors received the most from Boston Scientific Corporation: $7.8M across 7,567 providers.
Products Behind the Payments
These are the drugs and medical devices that Boston Scientific Corporation promoted to healthcare providers through payments, meals, and consulting arrangements.
Top Recipients
These doctors received the most from Boston Scientific Corporation. Click any name to view their full profile and see all their industry relationships.
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Scottsdale, AZ
Urology · Sterling Heights, MI
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · New York, NY
Internal Medicine · Seattle, WA
Internal Medicine · Iowa City, IA
Urology · Nashville, TN
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Chicago, IL
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Chicago, IL
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Los Angeles, CA
Pain Medicine · Stony Brook, NY
Urology · Dallas, TX
Cardiovascular Disease · San Pablo, CA
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Jonesboro, AR
Interventional Cardiology · Pinehurst, NC
Cardiovascular Disease · Santa Monica, CA
Frequently Asked Questions
How much has Boston Scientific Corporation paid to doctors?
Boston Scientific Corporation made 263,324 payments totaling $49.0M to 68,994 healthcare providers. The average payment was $186 and the largest single payment was $1.8M.
What types of payments does Boston Scientific Corporation make?
Boston Scientific Corporation's payments include compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v ($16.5M), food and beverage ($10.2M), consulting fee ($7.0M). They provided 230,888 meals to doctors, averaging $44 per meal.
Which doctors receive the most from Boston Scientific Corporation?
The top recipient is Rahmi Oklu (Vascular & Interventional Radiology), who received $1.9M across 58 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.