Andrew Meltzer, MD
Emergency Medicine · Washington, DCNPI 1366478505
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $70,417 of the $113,934 with a category attached, or 61.8%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biomerieux Inc at 44.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $58,206, more than ten times the $1,501 reported in 2021. Among emergency medicine clinicians in DC 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.
Across 58 payments — averaging $1964.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biomerieux Inc$51K
- Gilead$42K
- Biofire Diagnostics, LLC$17K
- Vapotherm Inc$4K
- Memed US, Inc.$178
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$74
- plus $67 from 2 others
Across 233 payments — averaging $6107.34 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Abbott$952K
- Anx Robotica Corp$160K
- Biofire Diagnostics, LLC$152K
- Gen-probe, Inc.$59K
- Biomerieux Inc$44K
- Medtronic$39K
- plus $17K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$70,41762%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,6598%
- Travel & lodging$32,55029%
- Food & beverage$1,1291%
- Gifts$1780%
General payments by program year
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Biomerieux Inc | 21 | $50,778 |
| Gilead | 7 | $41,692 |
| Biofire Diagnostics, LLC | 18 | $16,781 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 6 | $4,364 |
| Memed US, Inc. | 1 | $178 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $74 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $43 |
| Bavarian Nordic A/s | 1 | $24 |
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.
- BIOFIRE SPOTFIRE Respiratory/Sore Throat (R/ST) Panel$16,212
- BIOFIRE RESPIRATORY PANEL 2.1$6,404
- VAPOTHERM$4,258
- BioFire Joint Infection (JI) Panel$3,335
- MeMed-BV$178
- FilmArray 2.0 Instrument$156
How this compares
$113,934 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 271 emergency medicine providers in District of Columbia.
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Medicare billing
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.
Other emergency medicine in Washington
- James D'ortaWashington$750K
- Larissa MayWashington$174K
- Sarah BerghoffWashington$112K
- Erica ValdovinosWashington$37K
- Aisha LiferidgeWashington$33K
- David YamaneWashington$17K
- Yiju LiuWashington$12K
- Judy LinWashington$8K
- Aaran DrakeWashington$7K
- Janae DarkWashington$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.