Question 1

Has Neal Labana, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $2,541 in general payments to Neal Labana, MD across 49 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 Neal Labana, 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 Neal Labana, 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
Medwest Associates	2	$1,237
Hologic Inc	1	$300
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.	16	$292
Stryker	2	$109
Johnson & Johnson	4	$94
Amgen(2 entities)	3	$66
Catalyst Orthoscience	1	$61
Endo USA, Inc.	2	$53
Orthofix Medical, Inc.	2	$48
Boston Scientific	2	$44
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	2	$38
Almatica Pharma LLC	2	$30
Nevro Corp.	1	$27
Bioventus LLC	1	$27
Smith+Nephew	1	$25
Vertex	1	$21
Integra Lifesciences Corporation	1	$16
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.	1	$15
Axogen	1	$13
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.	2	$13
Trice Medical, Inc.	1	$11

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