Janet Ascione, NP
Pain Medicine · Annapolis, MDNPI 1811427099
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,822 of the $3,271 with a category attached, or 86.3%. Boston Scientific accounts for 65.0% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,229 and has fallen 57.0% since, to $528 in 2025.
Across 71 payments — averaging $46.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$632
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$130
- Abbott$96
- Johnson & Johnson$90
- Amgen$53
- plus $143 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$44914%
- Food & beverage$2,82286%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 36 | $2,127 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 16 | $632 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Abbott | 5 | $96 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $90 |
| Amgen | 3 | $53 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $50 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $23 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$836
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$328
- Evoke$231
- Evoke SCS$143
- mild Device Kit$117
How this compares
$3,271 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 144 pain medicine providers in Maryland.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 542 | $7,634 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 159 | $6,522 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 305 | $5,878 |
| Hysingla ErHydrocodone Bitartrate | 12 | $5,824 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 13 | $4,094 |
| Metaxalone | 13 | $3,529 |
| Gabapentin | 208 | $2,652 |
| Lidocaine | 15 | $2,621 |
| Pregabalin | 108 | $2,309 |
| Fentanyl | 13 | $1,192 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 51 | $1,073 |
| Tramadol Hcl ErTramadol Hcl | 13 | $912 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 16 | $908 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 116 | $901 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 125 | $764 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Annapolis
- Thomas LeeAnnapolis$15K
- Leeann RhodesAnnapolis$3K
- Vipul MangalOxon Hill$764K
- Randy DavisBaltimore$169K
- Paul ChristoBaltimore$137K
- Kunal SoodGermantown$70K
- Ali TurabiBethesda$47K
- Behnam JafarpourBaltimore$45K
- Eric FinkelsteinOwings Mills$37K
- Ankush JainBethesda$26K
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.