Question 1

Has Eric Parsons, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $1,836 in general payments to Eric Parsons, MD across 30 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 Eric Parsons, 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 Eric Parsons, 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
Arthrex	23	$1,473
Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc.	6	$345
Smith+Nephew	1	$18

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Methylprednisolone	44	$242
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen	36	$192
Tramadol Hcl	69	$107
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen	12	$65
Tamsulosin Hcl	18	$16
Meloxicam	13	$14

Eric Parsons, MD

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