How Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Pays Doctors
The largest category by dollar amount is consulting fee, accounting for $6.1M across 2,589 payments. Food and beverage payments are the most frequent: 204,743 meals averaging $22 each.
Consulting Fee
2,589 payments, avg $2K
Food and Beverage
204,743 payments, avg $22
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v
1,206 payments, avg $4K
Travel and Lodging
5,631 payments, avg $522
Grant
21 payments, avg $27K
Education
1,944 payments, avg $17
Where the Money Goes
California received the most from Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC: $2.3M across 7,518 doctors.
Showing top 15 states by total payment amount.
Which Specialties Does Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Target?
Hematology & Oncology doctors received the most from Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC: $2.4M across 3,179 providers.
Products Behind the Payments
These are the drugs and medical devices that Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC promoted to healthcare providers through payments, meals, and consulting arrangements.
Top Recipients
These doctors received the most from Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. Click any name to view their full profile and see all their industry relationships.
Cardiovascular Disease · Ann Arbor, MI
Occupational Medicine · West Point, PA
Pediatric Infectious Diseases · Orlando, FL
Internal Medicine · Stanford, CA
General Practice · Durham, NC
Cardiovascular Disease · Somerville, MA
Hematology & Oncology · Cleveland, OH
Pulmonary Disease · Providence, RI
Nurse Practitioner · Clearwater, FL
Hematology & Oncology · Pascagoula, MS
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Chicago, IL
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiolo · Jackson, MS
Gynecologic Oncology · Houston, TX
Medical Oncology · New York, NY
Hematology & Oncology · San Diego, CA
Frequently Asked Questions
How much has Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC paid to doctors?
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC made 216,139 payments totaling $18.6M to 96,248 healthcare providers. The average payment was $86 and the largest single payment was $100K.
What types of payments does Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC make?
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC's payments include consulting fee ($6.1M), food and beverage ($4.6M), compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v ($4.3M). They provided 204,743 meals to doctors, averaging $22 per meal.
Which doctors receive the most from Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC?
The top recipient is Vallerie Mclaughlin (Cardiovascular Disease), who received $157K across 89 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.