RxDoctor Payments Data

Geoffrey Shapiro

Medical Oncology · Boston, MANPI 1255309316

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bayer at 26.0% of the total.

$30,342in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 30 payments — averaging $1011.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Bayer$8K
  • EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.$7K
  • Pfizer$6K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$3K
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$3K
  • Seagen Inc.$2K
  • plus $2K from 5 others
$16,169,308in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 791 payments — averaging $20,442 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.

  • Pfizer$9.5M
  • Amgen$1.9M
  • Merck Healthcare Kgaa$800K
  • Novartis$564K
  • Eli Lilly$494K
  • Bayer$490K
  • plus $2.5M from 22 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$17,58558%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$9,19530%
  • Travel & lodging$3,12910%
  • Food & beverage$3851%
  • Education$480%

General payments by program year

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20
21
24

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.

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

$30,342 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 308 medical oncology providers in Massachusetts.

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