Disclosure of industry payments to oncologists: Early open payments data.

6615 Background: The Open Payments program discloses industry payments to identified physicians (‘physician payments’). We characterize these payments by oncology specialty. Methods: We analyzed the December 2014 release of Open Payments data on physician payments made from August-December 2013. We characterized physician payments by type (general or research). We also evaluate physician ownership interests in reporting manufacturers. Data were...