Francisco Flores, MD
Pediatric Nephrology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1942219506
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (33.7%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Baxter Healthcare at 46.8% of the total. Among pediatric nephrology clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 253 payments — averaging $618.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Baxter Healthcare$73K
- AstraZeneca$44K
- Vantive US Healthcare LLC$17K
- Medtronic$10K
- GSK$6K
- Covidien LP$3K
- plus $4K from 9 others
Across 44 payments — averaging $2300.71 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.
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$80K
- Rockwell Medical, Inc.$15K
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$4K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Covidien LP$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$33,31921%
- Speaking & faculty fees$52,71734%
- Travel & lodging$16,31410%
- Food & beverage$5,7454%
- Education$48,26331%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baxter Healthcare | 91 | $73,204 |
| AstraZeneca | 50 | $44,209 |
| Vantive US Healthcare LLC | 36 | $17,283 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $9,540 |
| GSK | 3 | $5,818 |
| Covidien LP | 5 | $2,757 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $1,590 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 39 | $717 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 5 | $656 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 11 | $419 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $53 |
| Mozarc Medical US LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Stryker | 1 | $41 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Outset Medical Inc | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Renal - Acute$62,311
- ULTOMIRIS$21,714
- Renal - Non Product Related$11,537
- Renal - CRRT$6,846
- BENLYSTA$5,818
- Palindrome$3,638
- Carpediem$1,688
- TERLIVAZ$1,590
- Non-Franchise (NOF) - NonProduct$572
- ADBRY$419
- SILIQ$258
- SOLIRIS$102
How this compares
$156,358 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 44 pediatric nephrology 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 pediatric nephrology in Cincinnati
- Stuart GoldsteinCincinnati$292K
- Prasad DevarajanCincinnati$152K
- Stefanie BenoitCincinnati$51K
- Hillarey StoneCincinnati$5K
- Meredith HarrisCincinnati$3K
- Elif ErkanCincinnati$224
- Charles VarnellCincinnati$159
- Kyle McCrackenCincinnati$146
- Mark MitsnefesCincinnati$110
- Jean-Philippe RoyCincinnati$50
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.