Ellen Rome
Adolescent Medicine · Cleveland, OHNPI 1134184104
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 4 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Bayer accounts for 67.8% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $103 and has fallen 67.3% since, to $34 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for adolescent medicine clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $198.
Across 4 payments — averaging $37.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bayer$103
- Organon$32
- Novo Nordisk$17
Across 3 payments — averaging $215,251 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$452K
- Merck$194K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$152100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bayer | 1 | $103 |
| Organon | 2 | $32 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Mirena$103
How this compares
$152 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 58 adolescent medicine providers in Ohio.
Other adolescent medicine in Cleveland
- Veronica IssacCleveland$3K
- Margaret StagerCleveland$1K
- Laura GillespieCleveland$120
- Tornia WyllieCleveland$53
- Elise BerlanColumbus$36K
- Nicole BaldwinCincinnati$24K
- David RoerDayton$19K
- Jessica KahnCincinnati$11K
- Kevin HorvathTipp City$7K
- Darcey ThorntonCincinnati$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.