New Jersey adopts tough limit on payments to doctors and other prescribers

After months of debate, New Jersey has formally adopted a tough rule that caps what doctors can earn from drug makers at $10,000 a year, and also limits meals given prescribers to just $15.

The rule, which goes into effect on Jan. 16, was crafted in response to the ongoing opioid crisis and, specifically, rising concerns that some drug makers may use various forms of payments to influence prescribing of addictive prescription painkillers.

Although a few other states have been gifts and meals that doctors can receive from drug makers, New Jersey is the first state to take a more comprehensive approach to limiting the sway that the pharmaceutical industry may have on all prescribers, a category that also includes dentists, nurses, and physician assistants, among others.

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