Medtronic Spine paid 6 surgeons over $1M in royalties last year

Minnesota devicemakers paid out $211 million to doctors, hospitals in 2014 (StarTribune)
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The Medtronic operational headquarters in Fridley. Federal data released Tuesday detail payments by Medtronic and other companies to doctors and hospitals in 2014.
A handful of physicians received big paydays from Minnesota medical device companies last year, new ­federal data show.
A review of payments of $1 million or more shows that eight doctors across the country collected a combined $81 million from Medtronic PLC and St. Jude Me...