Howard Popkin
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Baltimore, MDNPI 1386606762
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.9% of the total across 187 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 31 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,075 and has fallen 92.0% since, to $86 in 2024.
Across 187 payments — averaging $18.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$722
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$590
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$333
- Aspira Women's Health Inc$242
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$212
- Scynexis, Inc.$141
- plus $1K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,23994%
- Education$2116%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 48 | $722 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 28 | $590 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 15 | $333 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 4 | $242 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 13 | $212 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 7 | $141 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 6 | $133 |
| Merck | 8 | $113 |
| Millicent US Inc | 7 | $104 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 5 | $102 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $83 |
| Medicem Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Organon | 5 | $69 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $68 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 4 | $62 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $40 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 2 | $27 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $16 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
| Bayer | 1 | $13 |
| Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Lupin Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- OVA1$120
How this compares
$3,450 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 842 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Maryland.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 15 | $385 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Baltimore
- Danielle ShillerBaltimore$221K
- Karen WangBaltimore$91K
- Rebecca StoneBaltimore$88K
- Christina EnzmannBaltimore$63K
- Latasha MurphyBaltimore$41K
- Ishrat RafiBaltimore$29K
- Colleen McCormickBaltimore$29K
- Jenell ColemanBaltimore$18K
- David MatthewsBaltimore$12K
- Anne BurkeBaltimore$12K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.