Bruce Barnett
Pediatric Pulmonology · Toledo, OHNPI 1134102593
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (36.0%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Vertex accounts for 74.1% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,140 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $31 in 2025.
Across 192 payments — averaging $48.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$7K
- AbbVie$713
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$399
- AstraZeneca$374
- Gilead$161
- Advanced Respiratory, Inc$150
- plus $603 from 16 others
Across 43 payments — averaging $20,522 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.
- Vertex$792K
- AbbVie$39K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$38K
- Mylan Inc.$11K
- Merck$1K
- Vivus LLC$510
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,80019%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,33836%
- Travel & lodging$7548%
- Food & beverage$3,33436%
- Education$350%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 57 | $6,861 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 54 | $713 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 17 | $399 |
| AstraZeneca | 21 | $374 |
| Gilead | 5 | $161 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 9 | $150 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $127 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Amgen | 3 | $49 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Vivus LLC | 2 | $44 |
| GSK | 3 | $41 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $40 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| PARI Respiratory Equipment, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $21 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- PERTZYE$128
- BETHKIS$128
- TOBI Podhaler$111
- Cayston$102
How this compares
$9,261 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 68 pediatric pulmonology providers in Ohio.
Other pediatric pulmonology in Toledo
- Benjamin GoldsteinToledo$6K
- Pierre VauthyToledo$4K
- Geoffrey RulongToledo$1K
- Ramalingareddy PolamreddyToledo$352
- Khaleel QussousToledo$36
- Theresa GuilbertCincinnati$152K
- Michael KonstanCleveland$84K
- Richard ShellColumbus$44K
- Christopher ToweCincinnati$23K
- Erik HysingerCincinnati$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.