Faria Taj, MD
Critical Care Medicine · Baltimore, MDNPI 1972734770
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.1%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 32.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,582 and has fallen 83.8% since, to $256 in 2024.
Across 31 payments — averaging $77.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$782
- Ambu A/s$590
- Johnson & Johnson$578
- Pulmonx Corporation$184
- Coaptech, Inc.$148
- Medtronic$115
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$59025%
- Travel & lodging$49421%
- Food & beverage$1,17749%
- Gifts$1376%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 18 | $782 |
| Ambu A/s | 1 | $590 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $578 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 2 | $184 |
| Coaptech, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $115 |
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.
- Monarch Platform$494
- Da Vinci Surgical System$347
- PUMA-G System$148
How this compares
$2,398 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 231 critical care medicine 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.
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- van HoldenBaltimore$21K
- Renee DixonBaltimore$10K
- Wendy ZiaiBaltimore$8K
- Andrea LevineBaltimore$7K
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.