Radiology Business July 23, 2024
Physicians collected nearly $13 billion in payment perks from industry sources during the six years ending in 2022. However, only about 2.8% went to radiologists, according to research published July 20 in Clinical Imaging [1].
Members of the specialty received over 452,000 such payments for a total of $357 million during the study period. “Ownership”—which can include stock options, partnership shares and limited liability company memberships—was the largest figure for radiologists at nearly 33% of industry payment value, followed by “research” (10%).
The findings are derived from an analysis of claims from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Open Payments program, created to shine light on physician ties to industry. Lead author Mihir Khunte and colleagues believe the data...
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