RxDoctor Payments Data

Elise Berlan

Adolescent Medicine · Columbus, OHNPI 1447220868

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $28,651 of the $36,421 with a category attached, or 78.7%. Merck accounts for 60.8% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $14,837 and has fallen 78.7% since, to $3,154 in 2025. Among adolescent medicine 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.

$36,421in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 69 payments — averaging $527.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Merck$22K
  • Organon$13K
  • Bayer$1K
  • Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$114
  • Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$88
$998,991in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 13 payments — averaging $76,845 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.

  • Organon$854K
  • Merck$145K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$5,09514%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$28,65179%
  • Travel & lodging$1,7155%
  • Food & beverage$9603%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Merck43$22,142
Organon22$13,043
Bayer2$1,035
Hologic Sales And Service, LLC1$114
Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC1$88

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

$36,421 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 58 adolescent medicine providers in Ohio.

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