Larry Weidman Reading Material

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Dollars for Docs - ProPublica, Journalism in the Public Interest What Drug Companies are Paying Your Doctor By Dan Nguyen, Charles Ornstein, and Tracy Weber “Drug companies have long kept secret details of the payments they make to doctors for promoting their drugs. But seven companies have begun posting names and compensation on the Web, some as the result of legal settlements. ProPublica compiled these disclosures, totaling $295 million, into a single database that allows patients to search for their doctor. Receiving payments isn’t necessarily wrong, but it does raise ethical issues.”

Dollars for Docs - ProPublica, Journalism in the Public Interest

What Drug Companies are Paying Your Doctor

By Dan Nguyen, Charles Ornstein, and Tracy Weber

“Drug companies have long kept secret details of the payments they make to doctors for promoting their drugs. But seven companies have begun posting names and compensation on the Web, some as the result of legal settlements. ProPublica compiled these disclosures, totaling $295 million, into a single database that allows patients to search for their doctor. Receiving payments isn’t necessarily wrong, but it does raise ethical issues.”