Question 1

Has Bert Tardieu, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $2,333 in general payments to Bert Tardieu, 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 Bert Tardieu, 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 Bert Tardieu, 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
Zimmer Biomet	21	$1,895
Brainlab, Inc.	1	$213
Stryker	3	$182
Merck	1	$22
Bioventus LLC	1	$21

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Meloxicam	319	$863
Diclofenac Sodium ErDiclofenac Sodium	13	$496
Tramadol Hcl	69	$201
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen	20	$187
Oxycodone Hcl	33	$166
Pantoprazole Sodium	25	$150

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