Joseph Yao
Medical Microbiology · Rochester, MNNPI 1720050388
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (45.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Beckman Coulter, Inc. at 30.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $20,916, 4.4 times the $4,801 reported in 2019.
Across 52 payments — averaging $1187.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Beckman Coulter, Inc.$19K
- Biomerieux Inc$18K
- Roche Diagnostics Corporation$15K
- Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.$8K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$765
- Ortho-clinical Diagnostics, Inc.$498
- plus $702 from 4 others
Across 152 payments — averaging $7069.26 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.
- Abbott$760K
- Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.$286K
- Roche Diagnostics Corporation$29K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,89827%
- Speaking & faculty fees$27,87445%
- Travel & lodging$14,51423%
- Food & beverage$2,4814%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Beckman Coulter, Inc. | 3 | $18,790 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 12 | $17,643 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 18 | $15,372 |
| Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. | 5 | $7,997 |
| F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG | 1 | $765 |
| Ortho-clinical Diagnostics, Inc. | 3 | $498 |
| BD | 2 | $260 |
| Abbott | 5 | $259 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $137 |
| Cepheid | 1 | $46 |
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.
- BIOFIRE SPOTFIRE Respiratory/Sore Throat (R/ST) Panel$13,006
- cobas 6800 System$6,398
- CD cobas Analyzer Series$2,500
- MD Research and Development$1,946
- FilmArray Torch Module$221
- Alinity m$130
- Aptima$100
How this compares
Too few medical microbiology providers in Minnesotato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other medical microbiology in Rochester
- Robin PatelRochester$9K
- Bobbi PrittRochester$7K
- Adil MenonRochester$4K
- Audrey SchuetzRochester$0
- Susan BowersMinneapolis$23
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.