Dissecting the Financial Relationship Between Industry and Academic Neurosurgery

Established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Open Payments Database (OPD) has reported industry payments to physicians since August 2013.To evaluate the frequency, type, and value of payments received by academic neurosurgeons in the United States over a 5-yr period (2014-2018).The OPD was queried for attending neurosurgeons from all neurosurgical training programs in the United States (n = 116). Information from the...