Question 1

Has Craig Smith, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $6,756 in general payments to Craig Smith, MD across 40 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 Craig Smith, 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 Craig Smith, 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
Edwards Lifesciences	24	$2,489
Medtronic(2 entities)	2	$1,676
Clearflow Inc.	2	$1,051
Intuitive Surgical	1	$1,009
Abbott	6	$415
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	2	$45
Convatec Inc.	2	$41
Guard Medical Inc.	1	$30

Craig Smith, MD

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