Lina M Adwer, Brooke J Fitzpatrick, Erik D Whiting, Collin E Dougherty, Juan A Santamaria-Barria
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Abstract
Introduction: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments Database (OPD) reports industry payments to health care providers, promoting transparency in financial relationships. In 2021, the OPD expanded to include nurse practitioners (NPs), who now number over 385,000 in the United States.
Purpose: This study analyzed general industry payments to NPs from 2021 to 2022, focusing on payment nature, amounts, companies involved, and geographic distribution.
Methodology: We queried the OPD for NPs identified as "Nurse Practitioner" under relevant taxonomy categories, analyzing data on payment nature, amount, company, covered product, and recipient location. Descriptive statistics summarized the data.
Results: Between 2021 and 2022, 207,732, US NPs received $182,275,340 in 4,866,831 general payments. The median payment was $16.47. Most payments were for food and beverage (97%), which accounted for the highest dollar total ($102,218,684; 56%). Other payments included services other than consulting ($48,325,438; 27%) and travel/lodging ($11,478,596; 6%). Five companies-AbbVie, Allergan, Janssen, Novo Nordisk, and AstraZeneca-accounted for 32.6% of payments. Florida, Texas, and California received the highest payments.
Conclusions: Nurse practitioners received substantial nonresearch payments, predominantly for food and beverage. Future research should explore factors like certification area and state practice authority that influence payment trends.
Implications: Understanding industry payments to NP highlights areas of potential influence, emphasizing the importance of transparency and policies to mitigate conflicts of interest.
期刊介绍：
The Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (JAANP) is a monthly peer-reviewed professional journal that serves as the official publication of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Published since 1989, the JAANP provides a strong clinical focus with articles related to primary, secondary, and tertiary care, nurse practitioner education, health policy, ethics and ethical issues, and health care delivery. The journal publishes original research, integrative/comprehensive reviews, case studies, a variety of topics in clinical practice, and theory-based articles related to patient and professional education. Although the majority of nurse practitioners function in primary care, there is an increasing focus on the provision of care across all types of systems from acute to long-term care settings.
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