Earle Assanah, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Providence, RINPI 1063692184
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,611 of the $2,422 with a category attached, or 66.5%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 31.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $689 and has fallen 59.0% since, to $283 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in RI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 32 payments — averaging $75.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$773
- Cook Incorporated$574
- Cook Medical LLC$574
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$339
- Axonics, Inc.$122
- Clinical Technology, Inc$21
- plus $19 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$81033%
- Food & beverage$1,61167%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $773 |
| Cook Incorporated | 1 | $574 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 11 | $574 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 3 | $339 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Clinical Technology, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Cook Medical Micropuncture$574
- Cook Medical Peripheral Intervention$358
- Emprint$145
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$128
- ACUSON Redwood Diagnostic Ultrasound System$128
- Axonics r-SNM System$122
- NAEOTOM Alpha$114
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$104
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$101
How this compares
$2,422 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 130 diagnostic radiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 27 | $121 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other diagnostic radiology in Providence
- Ana LourencoProvidence$1K
- Michael BelandProvidence$1K
- Elliot WasserProvidence$1K
- Glenn TungProvidence$1K
- Aaron ChenProvidence$653
- Akya MyrieProvidence$368
- Jill SteinkelerProvidence$332
- Michael LongoProvidence$295
- Michael AtalayProvidence$210
- Elizabeth FerranteProvidence$186
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.