Benjamin Goldstein
Hospice and Palliative Medicine · Cumberland, MDNPI 1578978383
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,597 of the $2,011 with a category attached, or 79.4%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 31.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $624 and has fallen 61.0% since, to $243 in 2025. Among hospice and palliative medicine clinicians in MD 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 36 payments — averaging $55.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$624
- AstraZeneca$302
- AbbVie$277
- GSK$200
- Grifols USA, LLC$161
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$120
- plus $326 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$41421%
- Food & beverage$1,59779%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 6 | $624 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $302 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $277 |
| GSK | 2 | $200 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $161 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $120 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $87 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 1 | $51 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $51 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $20 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $12 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $12 |
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.
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION$414
- TEZSPIRE$230
- Prolastin-C Liquid$161
- AREXVY$125
- ELIQUIS$120
How this compares
$2,011 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 35 hospice and palliative medicine providers in Maryland.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 40 | $27,036 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 18 | $12,480 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 130 | $3,058 |
| Fentanyl | 15 | $1,357 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 36 | $987 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 24 | $751 |
| Gabapentin | 60 | $622 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 29 | $616 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $538 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 30 | $425 |
| Pregabalin | 47 | $382 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 27 | $317 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 16 | $256 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 16 | $226 |
| Alprazolam | 19 | $161 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospice and palliative medicine in Cumberland
- Carlo GopezElkton$9K
- Amy HolstegeGlen Burnie$1K
- Margaret KeithAnnapolis$1K
- Paul NewmanLargo$1K
- Lee-Anne WestBaltimore$798
- Ivan ZamaGreenbelt$699
- David PressLanham$688
- Sofia MonteblancoFrederick$667
- Leah CoutureBaltimore$571
- Necole WashingtonBowie$518
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.