Jose Russe Russe
Hepatology · Baltimore, MDNPI 1437704624
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.3% of the total across 172 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 172 payments — averaging $28.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$871
- AbbVie$808
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$573
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$430
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$366
- Gilead$303
- plus $2K from 17 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $182.60 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.
- Regeneron$1K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,72396%
- Education$1844%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 51 | $871 |
| AbbVie | 32 | $808 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 14 | $573 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 9 | $430 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 15 | $366 |
| Gilead | 5 | $303 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $244 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 4 | $227 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $148 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $146 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $141 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 6 | $141 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 1 | $85 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $84 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $71 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $70 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $28 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $25 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, 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.
How this compares
Too few hepatology providers in Marylandto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Furosemide | 11 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hepatology in Baltimore
- Sasan SakianiBaltimore$22K
- Kristin LescalleetBaltimore$7K
- Braden ThomasBaltimore$5K
- Ameer AbutalebBaltimore$3K
- Filipa LigeiroBaltimore$18
- Yaron RotmanBethesda$1K
- Jay HoofnagleBethesda$17
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.