Benjamin Freedman
Cardiovascular Disease · Boston, MANPI 1689168312
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 70 payments — averaging $53.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotronik Inc.$2K
- AstraZeneca$292
- Amgen$283
- Pfizer$214
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$189
- Boehringer Ingelheim$114
- plus $760 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,88150%
- Food & beverage$1,85250%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $1,881 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $292 |
| Amgen | 11 | $283 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $214 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $189 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $114 |
| Merck | 6 | $105 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $99 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $76 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $75 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $68 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $67 |
| Bayer | 3 | $58 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $35 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Abbott | 1 | $22 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- AMVUTTRA$124
How this compares
$3,734 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 750 cardiovascular disease providers in Massachusetts.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Colchicine | 12 | $717 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 15 | $189 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 14 | $166 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Boston
- Marc SabatineBoston$31.2M
- Stephen WiviottBoston$29.2M
- David MorrowBoston$19M
- Scott SolomonBoston$16.2M
- Paul RidkerBoston$16.2M
- Mohit JainBoston$13M
- Calum MacraeBoston$11.4M
- Benjamin SciricaBoston$11.3M
- Robert GiuglianoBoston$10.5M
- Erin BohulaBoston$10M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.