Question 1

How much industry money does HUTCHINGS P.C. receive?

Accepted Answer

Drug and device makers reported $125,130 in payments to HUTCHINGS P.C. across 17 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 HUTCHINGS P.C.?

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.

Biomerieux Inc	$118,133
Boehringer Ingelheim Canada Ltd.ltee	$2,649
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.	$1,791
Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C.	$1,507
Stryker	$1,050

HUTCHINGS P.C.

Who reported the payments