Radiology Business March 28, 2024
Radiologists have collected nearly $392 million in payment perks from vendors and other industry entities—a figure far smaller than other medical specialties, according to research published Thursday.
The figure places radiology 12th on a list of 39 specialties ranked in terms of total amount paid to physicians between 2013 and 2022. Orthopedics landed at No. 1 on the list, collecting over $1.36 billion, ahead of neurology and psychiatry ($1.32 billion) and cardiology ($1.29 billion), researchers detailed in JAMA [1].
Across all specialties, the figure totaled some $12.13 billion in payments for consulting, research, royalties and other reasons. The largest amounts were concentrated among a small number of docs—often exceeding $1 million—while most received much less (often fewer than $100).
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