Question 1

Has Emily Ashmore, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $28,349 in general payments to Emily Ashmore, MD across 21 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 Emily Ashmore, 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 Emily Ashmore, 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
US Retina LLC	12	$28,154
AbbVie	6	$153
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	2	$26
Novartis	1	$17

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Prednisolone Acetate	155	$7,517
Polymyxin B Sul-TrimethoprimPolymyxin B Sulf/Trimethoprim	74	$579

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