Question 1

Has Ralph Curtis, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $1,652 in general payments to Ralph Curtis, MD across 21 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 Ralph Curtis, 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 Ralph Curtis, 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
Medinc Of Texas	1	$1,200
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	9	$290
Mission Medical Distribution, LLC	2	$59
Vertex	2	$46
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.	2	$26
Orthofix Medical, Inc.	4	$17
Linvatec Corporation	1	$13

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Celecoxib	52	$822
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen	23	$143
Indomethacin ErIndomethacin	15	$119
Meloxicam	24	$76
Penicillin V Potassium	24	$34

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