Question 1

Has Elana Koss, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $123,496 in general payments to Elana Koss, MD across 301 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 Elana Koss, 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 Elana Koss, 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
Abbott	123	$54,047
Medtronic(2 entities)	95	$43,921
Edwards Lifesciences	79	$25,406
Boston Scientific	3	$101
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)	1	$21

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