Drug and device firms paid $3.5B to care providers

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Drug and device firms paid $3.5B to care providers

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/govt-reveal-drug-company-payments-064413259.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dhBehgmHf.WN9nkRqVAR6w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9Njk7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/843ba74975be3426610f6a7067004dd9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This image provided by the Department of Health and Humans Services shows the Open Payments page of the Centers for Medicare &amp; 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)" align="left" title="This image provided by the Department of Health and Humans Services shows the Open Payments page of the Centers for Medicare &amp; 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)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? 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.</p><br clear="all"/>

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