Analysis of Industry Payments for Foot and Ankle Surgery Research

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CMS Open Payments Database Analysis of Industry Payments for Foot and Ankle Surgery Research
Dominick J Casciato, Robert W Mendicino
J Foot Ankle Surg. 2022 Jan 16;S1067-2516(22)00009-6

With decreasing federal funding, the role of industry in supporting medical investigations continues to grow. To increase transparency between physicians and industry, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services introduced the Open Payments Program, providing a searchable database of physician payments from entities including medical device companies. This study describes industry research payments and trends among foot and ankle surgeons. Research Payment Data among foot and ankle surgeons from the Open Payments Database was reviewed from 2013 through 2020. Payment year, value, type, and physician name were collected, and descriptive statistics were presented. Linear regression assessed trends in the number and value of payments. Analysis of variance and subsequent post hoc testing assessed differences in mean payment value. A p value of ≤.05 was considered statistically significant. Overall, 10,872 payments totaling $69,595,393.10 among 446 foot and ankle surgeons were analyzed. No statistically significant increase in number of physicians, payments, or mean payment value per physician was observed from 2013 through 2020. However, the average value of payments in 2019 and 2020 was greater than 2015 and 2017 (p ≤ .05). The top 50 physicians according to cumulative payment value received $54,696,623.10 with 9427 (86.7%) cash and cash-equivalent payments representing the most common payment type overall. Industry continues to provide financial support to foot and ankle surgery research. Results of this investigation spur future studies to examine the relationship between payments and positive results reported by lead investigators in published research.
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