Question 1

Has Benjamin Curtis, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $1,891 in general payments to Benjamin Curtis, MD across 27 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 Benjamin Curtis, 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 Benjamin Curtis, 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
Active Medical, LLC	2	$1,214
Stryker	7	$279
Merck	4	$80
Anika Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$69
Lima USA, Inc.	1	$40
Zimmer Biomet	1	$34
Bioventus LLC	2	$30
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.	2	$29
Vertex	1	$29
Nevro Corp.	1	$21
Johnson & Johnson	1	$21
AbbVie	1	$18
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$14
Globus Medical	1	$13

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Ibuprofen	33	$201
Oxycodone Hcl	29	$187
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen	19	$162
Meloxicam	27	$77
Tramadol Hcl	19	$73

Benjamin Curtis, MD

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