Question 1

Has Philip Ding, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $17,791 in general payments to Philip Ding, MD across 42 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 Philip Ding, 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 Philip Ding, 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	36	$14,188
Davol Inc.	1	$3,000
Applied Medical Resources Corporation	2	$281
Covidien LP	1	$167
Edwards Lifesciences	1	$139
Smith+Nephew	1	$16

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Ibuprofen	34	$202
Ondansetron Hcl	41	$159
Pantoprazole Sodium	12	$119
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen	35	$117

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