RxDoctor Payments Data

Adam Fershko, MD

Hospitalist · Miamisburg, OHNPI 1780833244

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 28 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 34.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,022 and has fallen 88.1% since, to $122 in 2024. Among hospitalist clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$2,616in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 28 payments — averaging $93.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AstraZeneca$910
  • Amgen$339
  • Bayer$230
  • Novartis$198
  • Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$133
  • Sanofi$125
  • plus $681 from 7 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$2,616100%

Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.

General payments by program year

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24

Who reported the general payments

Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.

What the payments were tied to

Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.

How this compares

$2,616 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 813 hospitalist providers in Ohio.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$57,419
Medicare patients
140
Services billed
535

What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Oxycodone Hcl15$80
Prednisone13$70
Pantoprazole Sodium13$52
Furosemide15$44

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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