Catherine Liu, MD
Infectious Disease · Seattle, WANPI 1346421773
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 5 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 39.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $177 and has fallen 89.4% since, to $19 in 2025.
Across 5 payments — averaging $71.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$141
- AstraZeneca$108
- Checkpoint Surgical, Inc$68
- Misonix Inc$21
- Novo Nordisk$19
Across 14 payments — averaging $14,054 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.
- Genentech, Inc.$109K
- Pfizer$88K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$357100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 1 | $141 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $108 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $68 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Clareon$141
- ARGOS$141
- Hydrus Microstent$141
- BREZTRI AEROSPHERE$108
How this compares
$357 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 186 infectious disease providers in Washington.
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 infectious disease in Seattle
- Warren DingesSeattle$173K
- Paul DrainSeattle$149K
- Corey CasperSeattle$115K
- Anna WaldSeattle$103K
- Jim BoonyaratanakornkitSeattle$62K
- Michael BoeckhSeattle$59K
- Jason GoldmanSeattle$58K
- Connie CelumSeattle$57K
- Hyang KimSeattle$51K
- Ferric FangSeattle$49K
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.