slides: #25 to #1 - RI Docs Who Got the Most Drug Company Money
Monday, July 06, 2015
GoLocalProv News Team
How much did the top doctors in Rhode Island receive in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies last year? See below to find out.
Here are the top 25, from data that nonprofit website ProPublica.org compiled, as required to be reported by the Affordable Care Act
SLIDES: #25 to #1 BELOW
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ProPublica has been tracking industry payments to doctors since 2010, with a "Dollars for Docs" interactive database which initially allowed people to search payments made by 17 companies between 2009 and 2013. According to ProPublica, most of those companies were required to report their payments as a condition of legal settlements with the federal government.
The most recently released expands the amount of data available to to the public, as the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, a part of 2010's Affordable Care Act, mandated that all drug and device companies publicly report payments to doctors.
Between July 2013 and December 2014, over $9 million dollars from drug companies was spent on Rhode Island doctors -- here are doctors that received the most money.
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#24
Doctor: Robert Marchand
Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
Location: Wakefield, RI
Amount Paid: $83,400
Payments Exceeding $4,000 From: Stryker Corporation and MAKO Surgical Corp
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#23
Doctor: Jon Ruel
Specialty: Prosthodontics
Location: Portsmouth, RI
Amount Paid: $85,412
Payments Exceeding $5,000 From: BIomet 3i LLC
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#22
Doctor: Edward Akelman
Specialty: Orthopaedic & Hand Surgery
Location: Providence, RI
Amount Paid: $86,978
Payments Exceeding $5,000 From: Integra LifeSciences Corporation
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#21
Doctor: Samir Shah
Specialty: Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology
Location: Providence, RI
Amount Paid: $88,840
Payments Exceeding $4,000 From: Takeda Pharmaceuticals America Inc and AbbVie Inc
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#20
Doctor: Robert Bierwirth
Specialty: Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology
Location: Cranston, RI
Amount Paid: $92,107
Payments Exceeding $4,000 From: Janssen Products, LP
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#19
Doctor: Stephen Chabot
Specialty: Neurology & Psychiatry
Location: Pawtucket, RI
Amount Paid: $94,892
Payments Exceeding $4,000 From: Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A. Inc.
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#18
Doctor: Damian Dupuy
Specialty: Diagnostic Radiology
Location: East Providence,RI
Amount Paid: $96,840
Payments Exceeding $5,000 From: BSD Medical Corporation
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#17
Doctor: Joseph Renzulli
Specialty: Urology
Location: Providence, RI
Amount Paid: $101,000
Payments Exceeding $4,000 From: Algeta US LLC and Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc
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#16
Doctor: Albert Marano
Specialty: Psychiatry & Neurology
Location: Johnston, RI
Amount Paid: $105,000
Payments Exceeding $2,000 From: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc and Biogen Idec Inc.
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#15
Doctor: David Caldarella
Specialty: Primary Podiatric Medicine
Location: Pawtucket, RI
Amount Paid: $106,000
Payments Exceeding $5,000 From: Biomet Orthopedics LLC and Trilliant Surgical Ltd
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#14
Doctor: J Easton
Specialty: Psychiatry & Neurology
Location: Providence, RI
Amount Paid: $117,000
Payments Exceeding $5,000 From: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Novartis Pharma AG, and Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC
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#13
Doctor: Paul Akerman
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Location: Providence, RI
Amount Paid: $121,000
Payments Exceeding $5,000 From: CONMED Corporation, Spirus Medical LLC, Olympus Corporation of the Americas, Covidien LP
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#12
Doctor: Thomas Sepe
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Location: Providence, RI
Amount Paid: $131,000
Payments Exceeding $5,000 From: CONMED Corporation
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#11
Doctor: Anthony Mega
Specialty: Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology
Location: Providence, RI
Amount Paid: $133,000
Payments Exceeding $4,000 From: Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc
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#9
Doctor: Jerrold Rosenberg
Specialty: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Location: Providence, RI
Amount Paid: $152,000
Payments Exceeding $4,000 From: INSYS Therapeutics Inc
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#8
Doctor: Ellen Frankel
Specialty: Procedural Dermatology
Location: Cranston, RI
Amount Paid: $162,000
Payments Exceeding $3,000 From: AbbVie Inc and Merz North America Inc
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#7
Doctor: Joseph Lowney
Specialty: Medicine, Gastroenterology
Location: Warwick, RI
Amount Paid: $172,000
Payments Exceeding $3,000 From: AbbVie Inc and Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc
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#6
Doctor: Arnold-Peter Weiss
Specialty: Orthopaedic & Hand Surgery
Location: Providence, RI
Amount Paid: $173,000
Payments Exceeding $5,000 From: Medartis Inc and DePuy Synthes Products LLC
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#5
Doctor: Christopher Digiovanni
Specialty: Foot and Ankle Surgery
Location: Providence, RI
Amount Paid: $212,000
Payments Exceeding $5,000 From: Extremity Medical and BioMimetic Therapeutics LLC
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#4
Doctor: Andrew Green
Specialty: Sports Medicine
Location: Providence, RI
Amount Paid: $224,000
Payments Exceeding $5,000 From: Tornier Inc and Encore Medical LP
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#3
Doctor: Syed Rizvi
Specialty: Psychiatry & Neurology
Location: Providence, RI
Amount Paid: $242,000
Payments Exceeding $5,000 From: Biogen Idec Inc and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc
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#2
Doctor: Michael Bradley
Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
Location: Wakefield, RI
Amount Paid: $261,000
Payments Exceeding $5,000 From: Arthrex Inc, Encore Medical LP, Arthrex Inc,
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#1
Doctor: Warren Ong
Specialty: Psychiatry & Neurology
Location: Johnston, RI
Amount Paid: $304,000
Payments Exceeding $4,000 From: Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A. Inc
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