States Archives - Checks and Balances Project

Should Doctors Reveal Financial Conflicts When Speaking in the Media?

2019-07-18

We asked Denise Pines, president of the Medical Board of California, about three apparent conflicts Stanford’s John G. Brock-Utne, MD, failed to reveal.

Dr. Brock-Utne’s Board Membership at Son’s Medical Software Co. Sparks Questions

2019-06-26

Physicians Against Drug Shortages Co-Chair Brock-Utne fails to declare ties to Issio Solutions in article that calls hospital marketplace “corrupt.”

C&BP Analysis: NYC Pays 340x More Per Agency for an e-Procurement System than Dallas, Texas

2019-05-17

It appears that KPMG used persistent lobbying to obtain the $30,515,448.83 contract. The Dallas system cost just under $50,000.

“I’m No Longer a Member” of Physicians Against Drug Shortages Says Dr. Marion Mass

2019-05-16

We encountered Dr. Mass in the doorway of the Members Room of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2019. It was shortly before the Free to Care Health Care Conference, that Mass had co-hosted, was about to begin.

California Medical Board Sent Allegations Detailing Dr. Brock-Utne’s Non-Disclosure of Nearly $50,000 from Drug and Medical Device Firms

2019-03-7

Unanswered Ethics Questions of Physicians Against Drug Shortages Co-Chair Leads to Inquiry to Board’s Complaint Unit.

Ohio’s Seitz Stays on ALEC Board While 71 Companies Leave and Charles Koch Shows Up

2019-02-25

At the ALEC Annual Meeting, on the first full day after his arrival, Seitz’ calendar shows that he met with the ALEC finance board and attended a lunch with donors.

Fossil Fuel Operatives Using Social Media Pressured Ohio County to Spurn Wind Tax Millions

2019-02-14

A new investigation uncovers how a sophisticated social media disinformation campaign helped to convince Van Wert County to reject further wind development.

Two Neighboring Ohio Counties, Two Different Economies

2019-02-7

While Van Wert County ended all wind energy development, Paulding, located to its north, embraced it. The results are that Paulding County taxpayers are benefiting from increased county tax revenue, stronger public schools and a boost in its bond rating by the international agency Moody’s Investor Service.

Will Stanford University Enforce Its Ethics Policy Regarding Professor Brock-Utne, M.D.?

2019-02-5

Brock-Utne’s article in a medical publication doesn’t disclose payments of $48,000+ from drug and medical device companies.

6 Physicians Against Drug Shortages Co-Chairs Received Payments from Companies

2019-01-17

The group claims to have no conflicts of interest, no vested financial interest in the issue of drug shortages and no outside funding. But the financial ties to drug and medical device companies of Stanford Professor Emeritus Dr. Brock-Utne and other co-chairs call these claims into question.