Question 1

Has Curtiss Cook, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $15 in general payments to Curtiss Cook, MD across 1 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 Curtiss Cook, 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 Curtiss Cook, 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
Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7	15	$29,777
Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro	14	$7,886
Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog	26	$4,096
Nano 2nd Gen Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic	12	$2,348
Hydrocortisone	34	$1,593
Levothyroxine Sodium	142	$1,434
Alendronate Sodium	23	$177

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