Report: Doctors who receive payments from drug or device companies prescribe more branded medications
An analysis from ProPublica found doctors who received money from pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers prescribed a higher percentage of branded medications compared with doctors who did not receive such compensation. The report mentioned nearly nine in 10 cardiologists who wrote at least 1,000 prescriptions for Medicare patients in 2014 received payments from a pharmaceutical or medical device company.
Executive Editor
Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.