Industry payments to dermatologists: updates from the 2016 open payment data

Schlager, Emma; Flaten, Hania K.; Claire, Chelsea St; Maxim, Elena; Dunnick, Cory A.; Dellavalle, Robert P.

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“…However, this difference may be because of higher industry payments overtime (2016 vs 2015-2021). 9 A study limitation is that our data had outliers with higher payments received by males compared with females, which skewed our data. This indicates that in general, the payment distribution is similar in males and females based on the Mann-Whitney test and most payment categories demonstrating a p-value of 0.05 or higher (Table 1, Figure 1).…”

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Industry Payments Comparison Between Female and Male Mohs Surgeons From 2015 to 2021

Rosales Santillan,

Guzman,

Waldman

2023

Dermatol Surg

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BACKGROUND There are limited data on female Mohs surgeon industry relationships. OBJECTIVE To evaluate industry payment activity between female and male Mohs surgeons. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services open payments data was performed between 2015 and 2021 for Mohs surgeons in the United States. Gender, academic affiliation, practice region, annual total payment, cumulative payment, and industry payment type was collected. RESULTS Male Mohs surgeons received higher mean total payments than female Mohs surgeons (p = .04), which persisted when data were stratified based on industry payment type and practice region. Both genders had similar median total payments (p = .4). Females in academic practice received higher mean total payments than those in private practice. Females experienced a significant lower mean total payment compared with males in the South (p = .03). CONCLUSION High total payments received by male Mohs surgeons skewed the data, which is supported by a significant mean total payment difference despite a similar median total payment distribution. Female Mohs surgeons receiving the top payments may address this mean payment difference. Females seem to have higher payments if they practice in the Northeast and are in academics. Further studies are needed to evaluate this payment gap.

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Industry Payments Comparison Between Female and Male Mohs Surgeons From 2015 to 2021

Rosales Santillan,

Guzman,

Waldman

2023

Dermatol Surg

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“…1 Some examples of the applicability of Open Payments include one study reporting female ophthalmologists receiving less private industry funding and another report describing increasing industry compensation among dermatologists. 1,2 While payments to dermatologists over a period of one year have been published, in assessing dermatology in totality, there is a loss of granularity, as different dermatology subspecialties likely have different financial profiles. 3 In this study, we describe industry relationships among pediatric dermatologists across a 6-year time frame.…”

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“…Since its inception, various studies have been published utilizing industry payments to highlight financial landscapes and disparities within specialties 1 . Some examples of the applicability of Open Payments include one study reporting female ophthalmologists receiving less private industry funding and another report describing increasing industry compensation among dermatologists 1,2 …”

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The distribution of industry payments among pediatric dermatologists from 2015 to 2021

Ravipati,

Pradeep,

Elman

2023

Pediatric Dermatology

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Background/ObjectivesTo understand the landscape of industry payments to pediatric dermatologists to foster transparency and identify potential disparities in funding.MethodsUsing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, a national cross‐sectional study was performed examining payments to pediatric dermatologists from 2015 to 2021.ResultsOf the 147 pediatric dermatologists who received industry funding, 35 were male and 112 were female. $9 million in payments was amassed, with 10% of pediatric dermatologists accounting for 94% of total industry payments. Consulting was the most common service, with Pfizer Inc., Amgen Inc., and Regeneron Healthcare Solutions Inc. representing the top three companies. Mean payment was $143,836 for males and $35,943 for females (p < .001). Eight female and seven male pediatric dermatologists received payments in the top 10th percentile, with different average payment in this subgroup (females $447,588 vs. males $698,746, p = .03). 11 states did not have a pediatric dermatologist receiving industry payments, while California (19) and Texas (12) had the most.ConclusionsThere are approximately 400 board‐certified pediatric dermatologists in the United States and fewer than 40% are receiving monetary compensation from private industry. A fraction of physicians accounted for a majority of total industry payments and industry payments to male pediatric dermatologists were higher despite nearly triple the number of female pediatric dermatologists. With the rise of valuable partnerships between healthcare and industry in modern medicine, the implications of geographic, gender, and financial disparity of industry payments in pediatric dermatology are worthy of further study.

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“…This phenomenon has been seen in some, but not all, medical specialties. Medical oncologists, neurologists, and dermatologists have seen payments sharply increase (3)(4)(5), while general internists have not. The present study is the first to examine rheumatology specifically, and finds it to be among the specialties with increasing payments.…”

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Industry Payments to Rheumatologists Ought to Be Going Down, Not Up

Mitchell

2021

Arthritis & Rheumatology

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Industry payments to dermatologists: updates from the 2016 open payment data

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Industry Payments Comparison Between Female and Male Mohs Surgeons From 2015 to 2021

Industry Payments Comparison Between Female and Male Mohs Surgeons From 2015 to 2021

The distribution of industry payments among pediatric dermatologists from 2015 to 2021

Industry Payments to Rheumatologists Ought to Be Going Down, Not Up

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