Jerome Byam
Surgery · Washington, DCNPI 1013037605
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $8,000 of the $11,267 with a category attached, or 71.0%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 90.6% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $10,464 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $170 in 2025.
Across 25 payments — averaging $450.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$10K
- Davol Inc.$768
- Potrero Medical, Inc.$115
- Prytime Medical Devices, Inc.$85
- CLR Medical, Inc.$55
- Viiv Healthcare Company$20
- plus $18 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,03218%
- Food & beverage$1,22111%
- Education$8,00071%
- Gifts$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 13 | $10,206 |
| Davol Inc. | 7 | $768 |
| Potrero Medical, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Prytime Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| CLR Medical, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $20 |
| Gilead | 1 | $18 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$8,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,014
- Phasix Mesh$424
- Channel Drain$248
How this compares
$11,267 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 117 surgery providers in District of Columbia.
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 surgery in Washington
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- Christian ShultsWashington$258K
- Parag BhanotWashington$131K
- Frederick BrodyWashington$98K
- Babak SaraniWashington$73K
- Megan QuintanaWashington$49K
- Terrence FullumWashington$46K
- Jeffrey ShuppWashington$40K
- Adeel ShamimWashington$38K
- Bruce AbellWashington$36K
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.