Question 1

Has Andrew Trueblood, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $2,097 in general payments to Andrew Trueblood, MD across 24 transactions between 2019–2025. Most Open Payments records nationally are meals worth under $20; a reported payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Question 2

Does a payment mean Andrew Trueblood, MD did something wrong?

Accepted Answer

No. Federal law requires drug and device makers to report almost every transfer of value to a physician, including a $14 sandwich at a lunch presentation. Consulting fees, research funding and royalties to device inventors are ordinary, legal parts of medicine. This site reports what was disclosed; it makes no allegation.

Question 3

Where does this information about Andrew Trueblood, MD come from?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Payments come from Open Payments, published under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Billing and prescribing figures come from the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners and Part D Prescriber public use files for 2024.

Company	Payments	Total
Arthrex	14	$1,659
Medacta USA, Inc.	2	$202
Johnson & Johnson	4	$102
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.	2	$65
Zimmer Biomet	1	$60
Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.	1	$10

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen	145	$930
Ondansetron OdtOndansetron	78	$558
Tramadol Hcl	87	$304
Celecoxib	16	$144
Ibuprofen	45	$114
Cephalexin	23	$107
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen	12	$52
Meloxicam	14	$43

Andrew Trueblood, MD

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