These N.Y.C.-area doctors received the most payments from drug and device makers

Drug and medical device companies made more than $127 million in non-research payments to 25 New York City-area doctors in 2015, including payments for consulting fees, grants, royalties and speaking fees. Most of the doctors who received the most non-research payments are surgeons and specialists from large research hospitals, with 10 out of the 25 who received the most payments in 2015 getting more than $1 million in payments for the year, according to data from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid…