Howard Safran, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Providence, RINPI 1982616744
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 266 payments — averaging $14,910 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- EMD Serono, Inc.$1.3M
- Pfizer$949K
- Regeneron$572K
- Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.$562K
- Seagen Inc.$345K
- Genentech, Inc.$100K
- plus $145K from 7 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $372.89 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$1K
- Regeneron$222
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 116 | $1,292,823 |
| Pfizer | 58 | $948,571 |
| Regeneron | 31 | $572,317 |
| Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 23 | $562,399 |
| Seagen Inc. | 15 | $344,519 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 2 | $100,071 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 3 | $66,303 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $48,339 |
| Novartis | 2 | $18,065 |
| Ares Trading SA | 10 | $12,507 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $125 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $106 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $45 |
How this compares
$3,966,188 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 68 hematology & oncology providers in Rhode Island.
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 hematology & oncology in Providence
- Adam OlszewskiProvidence$7.6M
- Alexander RaufiProvidence$1.7M
- John ReaganProvidence$1.5M
- Humera KhurshidProvidence$717K
- Wafik El DeiryProvidence$681K
- William SikovProvidence$379K
- Anthony MegaProvidence$338K
- Ariel BirnbaumProvidence$294K
- Ritesh RathoreProvidence$230K
- Maria ConstantinouProvidence$137K
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.