RxDoctor Payments Data

Christopher Baugh

Emergency Medicine · Boston, MANPI 1629198189

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.8%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Roche Diagnostics International Ltd at 37.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $44,445 and has fallen 76.1% since, to $10,611 in 2025. Among emergency medicine clinicians in MA 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.

$146,165in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 114 payments — averaging $1282.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Roche Diagnostics International Ltd$54K
  • Roche Diagnostics Corporation$30K
  • AstraZeneca$13K
  • Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$12K
  • Pfizer$12K
  • BTG International Inc.$6K
  • plus $19K from 10 others
$482,235in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 14 payments — averaging $34,445 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.

  • Abbott$269K
  • Roche Diagnostics International Ltd$125K
  • Roche Diagnostics Corporation$88K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$81,53456%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$27,80319%
  • Travel & lodging$33,42123%
  • Food & beverage$3,4072%

General payments by program year

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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.

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.

How this compares

$146,165 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,429 emergency medicine providers in Massachusetts.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$114,811
Medicare patients
650
Services billed
788

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.

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