Question 1

Has Steven Smith, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $270,836 in general payments to Steven Smith, MD across 35 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 Steven Smith, 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 Steven Smith, 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.

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban	33	$42,908
JardianceEmpagliflozin	12	$10,997
Atorvastatin Calcium	116	$1,992
Diclofenac Sodium	26	$1,393
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium	12	$1,192
Levothyroxine Sodium	47	$926
Amlodipine Besylate	86	$883
Pantoprazole Sodium	27	$851
Omeprazole	39	$665
Finasteride	47	$663
Metoprolol Succinate	32	$659
Benazepril Hcl	23	$614
Lisinopril	44	$513
Ipratropium Bromide	12	$508
Acyclovir	25	$481

Steven Smith, MD

Payments from drug & device makers

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Medicare billing

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