Question 1

Has Bob Yin, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $2,900 in general payments to Bob Yin, MD across 38 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 Bob Yin, 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 Bob Yin, 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	34	$2,813
Bioventus LLC	1	$29
Stryker	1	$26
Trevena, Inc.	1	$17
Nalu Medical, Inc.	1	$15

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Celecoxib	132	$5,309
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen	132	$1,056
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen	19	$260
Naproxen	13	$150
Amoxicillin	83	$148
Cefadroxil	16	$117
Clindamycin Hcl	18	$91
Tramadol Hcl	44	$83
Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim	21	$61
Meloxicam	24	$49

Bob Yin, MD

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