Daniel Rhoads
Clinical Pathology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1386033561
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Luminex Corporation at 52.8% of the total. 2023 is the largest year on record at $3,500, more than ten times the $119 reported in 2019.
Across 17 payments — averaging $534.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Luminex Corporation$5K
- Roche Diagnostics Corporation$2K
- Life Technologies Corporation$1K
- Cepheid$793
- BD$632
- Merck$79
- plus $62 from 2 others
Across 125 payments — averaging $7793.18 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.
- BD$434K
- Biomerieux Inc$153K
- Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.$137K
- Qiagen, LLC$99K
- Genmark Diagnostics, Inc.$65K
- Abbott$45K
- plus $42K from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,80053%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,72030%
- Travel & lodging$1,29414%
- Food & beverage$2713%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Luminex Corporation | 6 | $4,800 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $1,520 |
| Life Technologies Corporation | 1 | $1,200 |
| Cepheid | 2 | $793 |
| BD | 3 | $632 |
| Merck | 1 | $79 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Non Product Specific$1,520
How this compares
Too few clinical pathology providers in Ohioto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other clinical pathology in Cleveland
- Margret OethingerCleveland$666
- Laurie BauerCleveland$84
- Thomas DalyCleveland$37
- Alcinda FlowersColumbus$68K
- Nicole HubbardToledo$15K
- Sakunthala NatarajanCincinnati$265
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.