Ryann Grochowski Jones
Ryann Grochowski Jones was the data editor at ProPublica.
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Ryann Grochowski Jones was the data editor at ProPublica. Previously, she was a data reporter at ProPublica and at Investigative Newsource/KPBS in San Diego, California. She received her master’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, where she was a data librarian for Investigative Reporters and Editors/National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting. Ryann started her career as a municipal beat reporter for her hometown newspaper in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
What Percentage of Doctors at Your Hospital Take Drug, Device Payments?
Where a hospital is located makes a big difference in how many of its doctors take payments from drug and medical device companies. See how your state compares and look up your hospital.
Another Study Finds Link Between Pharma Money and Brand-name Prescribing
The findings, by researchers at Harvard Medical School, are in line with a similar analysis done by ProPublica in March.
Now There’s Proof: Docs Who Get Company Cash Tend to Prescribe More Brand-Name Meds
The more money doctors receive from drug and medical device companies, the more brand-name drugs they tend to prescribe, a new ProPublica analysis shows. Even a meal can make a difference.
Updated Dollars for Docs
This release includes updated data, payments to teaching hospitals, and information about brand-name prescribing rates for some doctors.
Treatment Tracker
We've updated our database of Medicare’s payments to individual doctors and other health professionals serving the 49 million seniors and disabled in its Part B program.
Treatment Tracker Methodology
How we made a news app to compare doctors Medicare billing patterns.
New Dollars for Docs
Pharmaceutical and medical device companies paid billions to doctors from late 2013 through 2014, new data shows. Search for your doctor in our interactive database.
A Pharma Payment A Day Keeps Docs' Finances Okay
New data on payments from drug and device companies to doctors show that many doctors received payments on 100 or more days last year. Some received payments on more days than they didn't.