Erin Higgins, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Independence, OHNPI 1689917817
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.8%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Organon at 56.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,298 and has fallen 58.4% since, to $1,786 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology 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.
Across 27 payments — averaging $394.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Organon$6K
- Merck$4K
- Baxter Healthcare$204
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$170
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$111
- AbbVie$50
- plus $86 from 4 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $9150.00 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.
- EMD Serono, Inc.$9K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,02538%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,52852%
- Food & beverage$1,11110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Organon | 13 | $6,042 |
| Merck | 3 | $4,000 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $204 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $170 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $111 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $50 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 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.
- NEXPLANON$5,500
- TISSEEL$154
- NovaSure$116
- ACESSA PROVU SYSTEM$116
- MYOSURE TISSUE REMOVAL DEVICE$116
- Veozah$111
How this compares
$10,664 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,376 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Ohio.
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.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Independence
- Samir AhujaMentor$430K
- Burton BrodskySylvania$202K
- Sandor MecsSteubenville$190K
- David SchwartzCincinnati$169K
- Erin OlahColumbus$97K
- David PortmanColumbus$94K
- Anita SomaniColumbus$93K
- Lorie Thomas-SchultzFindlay$92K
- Oluwatosin GojeCleveland$81K
- Gerard ReillyCincinnati$74K
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.