Question 1

Has Ian Soriano, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $77,517 in general payments to Ian Soriano, MD across 119 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 Ian Soriano, 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 Ian Soriano, 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
Intuitive Surgical	91	$69,198
Johnson & Johnson	2	$5,143
Covidien LP	9	$821
Davol Inc.	5	$781
BD	2	$577
Asensus Surgical, Inc.	3	$490
Levita Magnetics International Corp	2	$254
Medtronic	2	$119
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.	2	$111
Medical Microinstruments, Inc.	1	$24

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