Question 1

Has Zachary Hill, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $14,485 in general payments to Zachary Hill, MD across 95 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 Zachary Hill, 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 Zachary Hill, 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
Sequoia Surgical, Inc.	10	$4,842
Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc.	30	$3,166
Arthrex	37	$3,112
Evolution Surgical, Inc	2	$2,400
Smith+Nephew	6	$441
Stryker	6	$389
Boston Scientific	3	$102
Medacta USA, Inc.	1	$33

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Celecoxib	28	$896
Oxycodone Hcl	78	$331
Naproxen	58	$252
Pregabalin	20	$56
Promethazine Hcl	30	$42
Tramadol Hcl	14	$33

Zachary Hill, MD

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