Question 1

How much industry money does UH REGIONAL HOSPITALS receive?

Accepted Answer

Drug and device makers reported $74,982 in payments to UH REGIONAL HOSPITALS across 10 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 UH REGIONAL HOSPITALS?

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.

Janssen Research & Development, LLC	$30,748
Procept Biorobotics Corporation	$25,447
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.	$13,325
Royal Biologics, Inc.	$4,624
Aesculap, Inc.	$782
B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc.	$57

UH REGIONAL HOSPITALS

Who reported the payments