Crystal Meranto, APRN
Primary Care · Akron, OHNPI 1952033227
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi at 57.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $4,064 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $39 in 2025. Among primary care clinicians in OH 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 105 payments — averaging $60.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$4K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$932
- AbbVie$852
- QOL Medical, LLC$217
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$192
- Johnson & Johnson$126
- plus $379 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,40453%
- Travel & lodging$98915%
- Food & beverage$2,00231%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 10 | $3,698 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $932 |
| AbbVie | 48 | $852 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 9 | $217 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 10 | $192 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $126 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Merck | 2 | $40 |
| Sandoz | 2 | $38 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $22 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $14 |
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$874
How this compares
$6,395 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 321 primary care providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 14 | $48,972 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 13 | $40,181 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 25 | $20,537 |
| Omeprazole | 55 | $638 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 59 | $429 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 21 | $235 |
| Famotidine | 17 | $229 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess | $852 | $60,71838 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $52 | $48,97214 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 321 primary care providers in Ohio.
Other primary care in Akron
- Erin CraneAkron$4K
- Shelby WroblewskiAkron$2K
- Adine EdwardsSpringfield$14K
- Kelly McKenna TaulbeeHamilton$12K
- Lindsay ChappellFairlawn$11K
- Laura HolligerNorth Canton$10K
- Caitlyn FrantzDayton$10K
- Brandy RichardsCleveland$8K
- Regan HeagenFindlay$8K
- Zachary HaleBeavercreek$7K
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.