Question 1

Has Timothy Wright, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $6,558 in general payments to Timothy Wright, MD across 38 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 Timothy Wright, 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 Timothy Wright, 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
Titan Surgical Group, LLC	7	$4,467
Arthrex	5	$1,456
Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.	1	$143
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	4	$56
Pfizer	4	$54
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$48
Vertex	2	$42
Medacta USA, Inc.	2	$39
P Bar Medical LLC	2	$38
Linvatec Corporation	1	$37
Dynasplint Systems Inc.	1	$36
Amgen	2	$35
Smith+Nephew	1	$34
Bioventus LLC	2	$33
Johnson & Johnson	1	$21
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	1	$18

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Methylprednisolone	15	$79
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen	14	$65
Meloxicam	20	$32

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