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Gov’t website for doc payments not up to snuff

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Gov’t website for doc payments not up to snuff

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October 2, 2014 4:56 pm

This image provided by the Department of Health and Humans Services shows the homepage of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. From research grants to travel junkets, drug and medical device companies paid doctors and leading hospitals billions of dollars last year, the government disclosed Tuesday in a new effort to spotlight potential ethical conflicts in medicine. Industry spent nearly $3.5 billion on such payments in the five-month period from August through December of 2013, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which released data on 4.4 million payments. (AP Photo/HHS)

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Drug and device firms paid $3.5B to care providers

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September 30, 2014 9:54 pm