Erika Pinto, PA
Physician Assistant · Berlin, MDNPI 1164977013
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.3% of the total across 435 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 26.7% of the total. Among physician assistant clinicians in MD 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 435 payments — averaging $25.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- QOL Medical, LLC$848
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$733
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$728
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$558
- plus $4K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,90699%
- Education$821%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 113 | $2,936 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 43 | $1,295 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 39 | $848 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 35 | $733 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 28 | $728 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 25 | $558 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 30 | $452 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 16 | $431 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $376 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 7 | $324 |
| Sanofi | 12 | $323 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $238 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 14 | $235 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $223 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $211 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $175 |
| Gilead | 8 | $169 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 5 | $109 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 4 | $88 |
| Sandoz | 3 | $64 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $56 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $51 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Amgen | 1 | $33 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $25 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 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.
How this compares
$10,988 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,567 physician assistant providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 51 | $183,996 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 55 | $62,927 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 95 | $32,145 |
| Mesalamine | 22 | $20,189 |
| Budesonide EcBudesonide | 11 | $9,471 |
| PentasaMesalamine | 12 | $8,959 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 455 | $8,273 |
| Lubiprostone | 31 | $7,902 |
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 62 | $6,621 |
| MotegrityPrucalopride Succinate | 12 | $6,456 |
| ClenpiqSod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac | 38 | $6,405 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 57 | $3,438 |
| Omeprazole | 141 | $3,081 |
| Famotidine | 188 | $2,973 |
| Sucralfate | 11 | $2,651 |
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 | $2,936 | $246,923106 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Motegrity | $733 | $6,45612 claims |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.Clenpiq | $30 | $6,40538 claims |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Sutab | $235 | $1,89512 claims |
| SandozLansoprazole | $64 | $23612 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 2,567 physician assistant providers in Maryland.
Other physician assistant in Berlin
- Emily LaustsenBerlin$16K
- Margaret JoyceTowson$220K
- Kara CossisBaltimore$177K
- Garland JamesSilver Spring$86K
- Melissa BearekmanBaltimore$81K
- Brittany YerkesSalisbury$81K
- Amy CollierTimonium$29K
- Hannah JohnsonNottingham$27K
- Lisa FoxAnnapolis$26K
- Praveena GadamBaltimore$24K
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.