Medtronic to disclose payments to doctors

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Phoenix Business Journal, February 24, 2009

Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. has announced that it will begin disclosing payments to U.S. physicians. Medtronic will begin capturing payment data for all of its businesses on Jan. 1, 2010, and will publicly report the information annually. The first disclosure will occur in March 2011, addressing payments made to doctors during 2010.

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