Anuradha Bhama, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1053593780
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.8% of the total across 47 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 57.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,103 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $47 in 2025.
Across 47 payments — averaging $63.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Medrobotics Inc.$386
- Johnson & Johnson$322
- Prescient Surgical$148
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$121
- Conmed Corporation$117
- plus $168 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,88297%
- Education$963%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 35 | $1,715 |
| Medrobotics Inc. | 1 | $386 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $322 |
| Prescient Surgical | 1 | $148 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $121 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $117 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $68 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$341
- CleanCision$148
- CONTOUR$127
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$123
- PROGEL$100
How this compares
$2,977 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 101 colon & rectal surgery providers in Ohio.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Neomycin Sulfate | 36 | $127 |
| Metronidazole | 42 | $81 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Cleveland
- Vincent ObiasCleveland$124K
- David RosenCleveland$102K
- Jean AshburnCleveland$81K
- Anna SpivakCleveland$54K
- Scott SteeleCleveland$28K
- Michael LiuCleveland$18K
- Conor DelaneyCleveland$16K
- Stefan HolubarCleveland$12K
- David DietzCleveland$11K
- Haniee ChungCleveland$11K
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.