Spine surgeon conflict of interest disclosure discrepancies between a national conference and the open payments database
Discrepancy rates between what surgeons disclosed at NASS 2023 and what companies reported to Open Payments were high. However, the majority of these discrepancies that the physicians failed to report were low in value, falling below 1,000 USD. As a potential means to mitigate these discrepancies, it is imperative that physicians review their Open Payments page prior to disclosure submission.
Authors
- Emily K. Vallee
- Danielle E. Chipman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1159-1064)
- David Kowalski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3361-4407)
- Christopher Lucasti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8720-7677)
- Thomas J. Ryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7666-380X)
- Zachary Tamweber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6029-931X)
- Matthew G Alben
- Idem Essien
Institutions
- Jacobs Institute (US)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ)
- Published
- 2025-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xnsj.2025.100602
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.56