Question 1

Has James Locher, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $573 in general payments to James Locher, MD across 16 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 James Locher, 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 James Locher, 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
Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical)	2	$170
Johnson & Johnson	3	$96
Abbott	2	$84
Edwards Lifesciences	2	$66
Atricure, Inc.	2	$58
Getinge USA Sales, LLC	2	$45
Kls-martin L.p.	2	$33
Medtronic	1	$20

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