John Lee, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine · Cleveland, OHNPI 1073731410
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (53.9%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 47.4% of the total. Among hospice and palliative medicine clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 32 payments — averaging $111.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$123
- Boehringer Ingelheim$86
- Novo Nordisk$30
- Lilly USA, LLC$14
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,92154%
- Food & beverage$1,57244%
- Education$692%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 13 | $1,688 |
| Abbott | 14 | $1,621 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $123 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $86 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $30 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 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.
- ENSITE PRECISION$1,217
- VIEWMATE$133
How this compares
$3,563 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 88 hospice and palliative medicine providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 11 | $15 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospice and palliative medicine in Cleveland
- Bassam EstfanCleveland$20K
- Ana Siu ChangCleveland$1K
- Ahed MakhoulCleveland$1K
- Mona GuptaCleveland$668
- Alexander BeylinsonCleveland$495
- Joseph ParenteauCleveland$269
- Allison EarlyCleveland$265
- Kevin LiuCleveland$161
- Candace LeighCleveland$133
- Joanna ChenCleveland$132
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.