Question 1

Has John Pinkowski, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $10,150 in general payments to John Pinkowski, MD across 69 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 John Pinkowski, 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 John Pinkowski, 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	45	$5,266
Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc.	14	$3,985
Nexus Medical Technologies LLC	5	$371
Zimmer Biomet	3	$349
Stryker	2	$180

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Celecoxib	88	$1,485
Oxycodone Hcl	96	$390
Diclofenac Sodium	35	$362
Ondansetron Hcl	19	$88
Amoxicillin	49	$85
Clindamycin Hcl	12	$32
Tramadol Hcl	12	$31
Meloxicam	21	$27

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