Christina Ramirez, PA
Physician Assistant · East Providence, RINPI 1508594383
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 29 payments — averaging $62.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bioventus LLC$1K
- Vertex$308
- Innovation Technologies Inc$169
- Polynovo North America LLC$143
- Johnson & Johnson$43
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$38
- plus $50 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,825100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bioventus LLC | 14 | $1,074 |
| Vertex | 8 | $308 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $169 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $143 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $43 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $25 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
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.
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$737
- Irrisept$169
- Novosorb BTM$143
- XCELL$141
- JOURNAVX$109
How this compares
$1,825 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 481 physician assistant providers in Rhode Island.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ibuprofen | 165 | $953 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 144 | $633 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 233 | $626 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $83 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 25 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in East Providence
- Andrew MoodyEast Providence$10K
- Krista AcciaioliEast Providence$5K
- Andrew RegoEast Providence$4K
- Claudia KaneEast Providence$3K
- Kelsey HayesEast Providence$2K
- Lauren MacchioEast Providence$2K
- Scott SullivanEast Providence$2K
- Mara HarkinsEast Providence$2K
- Jennifer GeremiaCranston$370K
- Stephanie MarlinLincoln$37K
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.