Question 1

Has Bernard Lo, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $87,200 in general payments to Bernard Lo, MD across 76 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 Bernard Lo, 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 Bernard Lo, 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.

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl	13	$950
Atorvastatin Calcium	21	$384
Benazepril Hcl	11	$255
Omeprazole	12	$212
Amlodipine Besylate	19	$142
Hydrochlorothiazide	11	$116
Tamsulosin Hcl	12	$81

Bernard Lo, MD

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