Question 1

How much industry money does FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL receive?

Accepted Answer

Drug and device makers reported $208,995 in payments to FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL across 149 transactions under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. These are payments to the hospital as an institution — largely research funding, grants and device loans — and are counted separately from anything paid to an individual clinician.

Question 2

Does this money go to doctors at FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL?

Accepted Answer

No. The Sunshine Act reports payments to teaching hospitals separately from payments to physicians. Money reported here supports the institution; it is not compensation to any named clinician, and individual physicians are listed on their own profiles.

Question 3

Is a large total a sign of a problem?

Accepted Answer

No. Totals track research volume and institution size above all else. A large academic medical centre running many clinical trials will always report far more than a small community teaching hospital, which is simply what running trials looks like.

Merck	$135,943
Linde Gas & Equipment Inc.	$30,928
Stryker	$28,186
Medartis Inc.	$7,487
Linvatec Corporation	$1,941
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	$1,521
BD	$1,060
Boston Scientific	$698
Masimo Corporation	$507
C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries	$254
GE HealthCare	$181
SPS Medical Supply Corp.	$130
AstraZeneca	$95
Abbott	$50
Zimmer Biomet	$14

FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL

Who reported the payments