Cathy Berkovitz
Advanced Practice Midwife · Easton, MDNPI 1184046153
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 56 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 36 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 7.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,322 and has fallen 68.8% since, to $725 in 2025. Among advanced practice midwife 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 56 payments — averaging $111.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$458
- Edwards Lifesciences$399
- Novo Nordisk$357
- AbbVie$329
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$274
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$261
- plus $4K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,225100%
- Education$10%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $458 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $399 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $357 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $329 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $274 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $261 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $254 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 2 | $249 |
| Amgen | 2 | $246 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $243 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $241 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $229 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $139 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $130 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $126 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Stryker | 1 | $109 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $108 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 2 | $101 |
| Gilead | 1 | $90 |
| Gen-probe Sales & Service, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $85 |
| Abbott | 1 | $78 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $67 |
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.
- DUPIXENT$489
- Aptima$274
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$267
- Austedo XR$261
- JYNARQUE$249
- VRAYLAR$213
- INVEGA SUSTENNA$150
- INVEGA TRINZA$150
- TZIELD$139
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$131
- CAPLYTA$130
- ONPATTRO$128
- ACCRUFER$125
- VALTOCO$125
- Wegovy$125
- FERAHEME$125
- VYEPTI$125
- XCOPRI$124
- Xofluza$123
- RELYVRIO$122
How this compares
$6,226 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 164 advanced practice midwife providers in Maryland.
Other advanced practice midwife in Easton
- Sunny GrangerEaston$527
- Jenna BenyounesChevy Chase$36K
- Carolyn GegorColumbia$6K
- Fitima SmithSilver Spring$3K
- Nadine FlahartyRockville$2K
- Sarah MorelliSilver Spring$1K
- Danielle KlapkaTowson$1K
- Cynthia WhedbeeWestminster$1K
- Kelli HarklessGlen Burnie$1K
- Ashley SladeFrederick$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.