Question 1

Has Raad Al-Shaikh, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $2,588 in general payments to Raad Al-Shaikh, 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 Raad Al-Shaikh, 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 Raad Al-Shaikh, 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	7	$1,712
Sequoia Surgical, Inc.	2	$784
Orthofix Medical, Inc.	4	$44
Stryker	2	$25
Avanos Medical	1	$24

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen	44	$552
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen	27	$283
Ondansetron Hcl	44	$205
Gabapentin	18	$176
Cephalexin	26	$55
Ibuprofen	13	$45

Raad Al-Shaikh, MD

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