Open AccessIndustry Payments to Plastic Surgeons: What Has Changed Over the Last 6 Years Following Implementation of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act?
Author(s) -
Rowland W. Pettit,
Jordan Kaplan,
Matthew M Delancy,
Edward M. Reece,
Sebastian Winocour,
Anaeze C. Offodile,
Anand Kumar,
Carrie K. Chu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
aesthetic surgery journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.528
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1527-330X
pISSN - 1090-820X
DOI - 10.1093/asj/sjab158
Subject(s) - medicine , payment , family medicine , advertising , finance , business , economics
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 expansive data interpretation and summarization.