Understanding the data
What Open Payments does not tell youThe five things people routinely misread in doctor payment data, and what each figure actually measures.How to check if your doctor takes pharma moneyA plain-English walkthrough of looking up a physician, reading the payment categories, and knowing which numbers matter.The Sunshine Act, explainedWhy drug and device makers must report almost every payment to a physician, what counts, what is exempt, and how the data gets published.