Federico Asch
Internal Medicine · Washington, DCNPI 1710144878
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.1%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 50.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $18,560 and has fallen 96.7% since, to $605 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in DC 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 38 payments — averaging $879.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$17K
- GE HealthCare$15K
- Edwards Lifesciences$869
- Amgen$90
- Boston Scientific$87
Across 405 payments — averaging $11,752 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$3.7M
- Medtronic$414K
- Boston Scientific$243K
- Abbott$200K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$154K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,40952%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,7605%
- Travel & lodging$12,73838%
- Food & beverage$1,5205%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 23 | $16,961 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $15,419 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $869 |
| Amgen | 3 | $90 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $87 |
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.
- MitraClip$10,836
- Mitra Clip system$5,683
How this compares
$33,427 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 645 internal medicine providers in District of Columbia.
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.