Industry Payments to Plastic Surgeons: What Has Changed Over the Last 6 Years Following Implementation of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act?

• Published in: Aesthetic surgery journal Vol. 42; no. 2; p. 210
• Main Authors: Pettit, Rowland W, Kaplan, Jordan, Delancy, Matthew M, Reece, Edward, Winocour, Sebastian, Offodile, Anaeze C, Kumar, Anand, Chu, Carrie K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 12.01.2022
• Subjects: Conflict of Interest; Databases, Factual; Humans; Industry; Surgeons; United States; United States

The Open Payments Program, as designated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, is the single largest repository of industry payments made to licensed physicians within the United States. Though sizeable in its dataset, the database and user interface are limited in their ability to permit expansiv...