Jason Galo
Hospitalist · Washington, DCNPI 1205331907
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,729 of the $11,767 with a category attached, or 82.7%. It is spread thinly across 36 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,145, more than ten times the $144 reported in 2019. Among hospitalist clinicians in DC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 189 payments — averaging $62.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Abiomed$1K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$652
- Teleflex LLC$589
- Johnson & Johnson$529
- plus $5K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,73815%
- Food & beverage$9,72983%
- Education$3003%
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 | 16 | $2,291 |
| Abbott | 24 | $2,045 |
| Abiomed | 6 | $1,127 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 8 | $652 |
| Teleflex LLC | 5 | $589 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $529 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 13 | $433 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $424 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $362 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 10 | $333 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 3 | $276 |
| Amgen | 8 | $271 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $268 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $233 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $231 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 5 | $226 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 4 | $155 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $147 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $110 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $106 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Gilead | 5 | $85 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $77 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $52 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 3 | $49 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Novartis | 2 | $36 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Toray International America Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$987
- Impella$928
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$499
- DRAGONFLY OPSTAR$493
- AVVIGO Guidance System$472
- XARELTO$340
- CARDIOMEMS$270
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$268
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$268
- Diamondback Coronary$222
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$209
- CAMZYOS$209
- PERCLOSE PROGLIDE$206
- ESPRIT$164
- TRICLIP$164
- Mitra Clip system$144
- GUARDIAN$143
- Attruby$142
- Indigo System$141
- CHOCOLATE$140
How this compares
$11,767 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 101 hospitalist providers in District of Columbia.
Other hospitalist in Washington
- Katherine GoodrichWashington$937K
- Sunil SaithWashington$213K
- Pedro Alcedo AndradeWashington$48K
- Roy TaoutelWashington$4K
- Jamar SlocumWashington$875
- Mehad MusbahWashington$617
- Kathryn HumesWashington$558
- David KingWashington$480
- Truptiben PatelWashington$412
- Mansour MehdiWashington$375
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.