Joseph Frenkel, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Suffolk, VANPI 1679765804
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 9 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 8 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $180 and has fallen 88.6% since, to $21 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for colon & rectal surgery clinicians in VA, where the typical reported total is $1,889.
Across 9 payments — averaging $33.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$69
- Kerecis Limited$55
- Intuitive Surgical$54
- Teleflex LLC$38
- Johnson & Johnson$33
- Edwards Lifesciences$21
- plus $30 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$299100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 2 | $69 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $55 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $54 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $33 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $21 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $18 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$299 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 46 colon & rectal surgery providers in Virginia.
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-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 32 | $293 |
| Metronidazole | 35 | $163 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 18 | $105 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 12 | $103 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Suffolk
- Carlos Glanville MirandaSuffolk$5K
- Ray RamirezSuffolk$2K
- Andrew VorenbergRichmond$560K
- Craig RezacArlington$33K
- Kimberly MatzieFairfax$28K
- Rodolfo PigalargaArlington$24K
- Gregory FitzharrisHampton$22K
- Ayana Chase-GreavesFredericksburg$11K
- Linda FarkasChesapeake$11K
- Emily RivetRichmond$5K
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.