Question 1

Has Edwin Tingstad, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $5,711 in general payments to Edwin Tingstad, MD across 42 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 Edwin Tingstad, 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 Edwin Tingstad, 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
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)	13	$2,576
Summit Surgical Corp.	2	$2,004
Stryker	6	$635
Arthrex	14	$221
Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc	2	$105
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.	1	$89
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.	2	$39
Vericel Corporation	1	$21
Bioventus LLC	1	$20

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine	106	$902
Oxycodone Hcl	89	$458
Ibuprofen	61	$218
Tramadol Hcl	34	$92
Ondansetron Hcl	53	$91
Meloxicam	32	$59

Edwin Tingstad, MD

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