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Payments and other transfers of value to health care professionals made by or on behalf of our Cardiac Rhythm Management and Electrophysiology businesses.
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Charitable Donations to U.S. Health Care Professionals and National Associations To request a charitable donation for financial support or an equipment donation from Boston Scientific, please visit our Boston Scientific Charitable Donations to U.S. Health Care Professionals and National Associations page for details on the criteria and to fill out the form.

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Through the Boston Scientific Foundation, we fund non-profit organizations in the communities where we live and work throughout the United States.
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Our Interactions with U.S. Health Care Professionals

Many changes in laws and ethical codes that govern interactions between industry and physicians and other health care professionals have occurred since Boston Scientific was founded. Boston Scientific was an early supporter of the AdvaMed Code of Ethics and remains a strong supporter of this important Industry code. We respect the obligation of physicians and other health care professionals to make independent decisions that are in the best interest of patient care. Selection of medical devices should be based solely on their effectiveness, quality and value.

California requires device and pharmaceutical manufacturers to post a comprehensive compliance program and provide an annual declaration as to compliance. Click here to access our California Comprehensive Compliance Program and related declaration.

Certain governments require pharmaceutical, biologic and medical device manufacturers to provide an annual report to a governmental agency regarding a wide variety of financial interactions that pharmaceutical and medical device companies have with certain physicians and other health care professionals licensed by that government. Similar to other pharmaceutical, biologic and medical device manufacturers who do business in those jurisdictions, Boston Scientific may be required by law to report many types of direct and indirect payments and other transfers of value to physicians and other health care professionals licensed by that jurisdiction. This generally includes the name of the contracting party, the purpose of the payment, the amount and nature of any payments made and possibly other information about the payment.

As required by our Corporate Integrity Agreement, Boston Scientific is posting payments and other transfers of value made to U.S. physicians and health care professionals related to our Cardiac Rhythm Management and Electrophysiology businesses. Examples include payments for clinical research (e.g. data collection, tests, Institutional Review Board), travel expenses, consulting fees, educational or research grants and the cost of business meals. Boston Scientific will post updated payment data on a quarterly basis on Boston Scientific's Payment Posting Report section.

A copy of Boston Scientific's 2009 Corporate Integrity Agreement is available on the Office of Inspector General's web site.

More information is available on Boston Scientific's Payment Posting Report section.
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