CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024
Armed Forces Europe
Armed Forces Europe received $96,980.93 in pharmaceutical-industry payments to 104 physicians and 0 teaching hospitals across 555 transactions.
- $97.0K
- Total payments
- $94.5K
- To physicians
- $0.00
- To teaching hospitals
- #53
- of 59 states
In CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024, pharmaceutical and medical-device companies reported $97.0K in payments to 104 physicians and 0 teaching hospitals in Armed Forces Europe. That ranks Armed Forces Europe #53 of 59 states and territories (0.0% of the US total), averaging $908.31 per physician. Figures are company-reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act; a reported payment is a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing.
The verdict
Armed Forces Europe pairs modest payment volume with an overwhelmingly physician-directed payment mix.
- #53
- of 59 states
- 0.0%
- of the national total
- 97.4%
- to physicians vs. hospitals
- 104
- physicians paid
What the Data Shows for Armed Forces Europe
Armed Forces Europe's Open Payments file is physician-weighted: 97.4% of $97.0K went to 104 physicians ($908.31 each), with 0.0% on 0 teaching hospitals.
On the national dollar ranking it is #53 of 59, so the mix skew is larger than the volume rank. Average transaction $174.74. Leading nature of payment: "Consulting Fee" at $52.9K (54.5% of the state file; top-three natures 88.7%).
Armed Forces Europe sits in the 12th percentile (lower-volume tier). Just above: Vermont ($1.5M). Just below: Armed Forces Pacific ($73.6K). For context: top-ranked California ($342.4M) is 3530.5× larger than Armed Forces Europe. CMS Sunshine Act framework and methodology.
Physician vs Hospital Payments
How pharmaceutical payments in Armed Forces Europe are distributed between physicians and teaching hospitals.
Physician Payments
$94.5K
97.4% of total · 104 recipients · $908.31 avg
Teaching Hospital Payments
$0.00
0.0% of total · 0 hospitals · $0.00 avg
Payment Breakdown by Type
Armed Forces Europe has 9 types of pharmaceutical payments. "Consulting Fee" accounts for 54.5%.
Nature concentration in Armed Forces Europe
Top three Open Payments natures are 88.7% of state dollars; residual is every other reported nature
Payment categories in Armed Forces Europe
Top categories by total reported dollar volume
| Payment Type | Amount | Transactions | % of State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $52.9K | 15 | 54.5% |
| Food and Beverage | $17.5K | 436 | 18.0% |
| Travel and Lodging | $15.7K | 67 | 16.2% |
| Education | $5.6K | 29 | 5.8% |
| Long-Term Medical Supply or Device Loan | $3.5K | 1 | 3.6% |
| Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education) | $1.5K | 1 | 1.5% |
| Entertainment | $161.86 | 1 | 0.2% |
| Gift | $130.99 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting | $117.69 | 2 | 0.1% |
Read with this Armed Forces Europe Open Payments read
Volume neighbors, physician-share peers, and the national nature catalog, not the same three guides on every state page.
- Next higher total: Vermont ($1.5M)
- Next lower total: Armed Forces Pacific ($73.6K)
- Nearest physician-share mix: Hawaii (97.3% to physicians)
- Nearest physician-share mix: Armed Forces Pacific (96.8% to physicians)
- Nearest physician-share mix: Puerto Rico (98.1% to physicians)
- National catalog for leading nature here: Consulting Fee (54.5% of Armed Forces Europe)
- State payment rankings (includes Armed Forces Europe at #53)
- How Open Payments natures are defined
Data Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments, Program Year 2024. Data includes general payments, research payments, and physician ownership/investment interests as required by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Total industry payments: $13.9B across 1,925 companies.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Source: CMS Open Payments Database Industry payments to physicians and teaching hospitals · 2024
What Armed Forces Europe totals can and cannot tell you
The aggregate payment figure for Armed Forces Europe measures reportable industry–physician engagement inside this state's geographic footprint for Program Year 2024, not any one physician's or hospital's relationship with industry. CMS collects the data under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act; manufacturers must report transfers of value above the de minimis threshold. The file does not capture DTC advertising, internal R&D, wholesale drug pricing, or salary support that is not a reportable transfer of value.
Correlations between payment receipt and prescribing appear in peer-reviewed work for specific drugs and specialties, but this page's state total does not establish causation. Open the company and recipient detail pages for category and year-over-year cuts.
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