Julia Tolentino, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Easton, PANPI 1598147969
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (38.8%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 71.9% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,859 and has fallen 89.7% since, to $191 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for colon & rectal surgery clinicians in PA, where the typical reported total is $2,089.
Across 36 payments — averaging $72.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Medtronic$141
- Acell, Inc.$125
- Merck$100
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$88
- KCI USA, Inc.$57
- plus $226 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$60323%
- Food & beverage$1,01839%
- Education$1,00038%
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 | 14 | $1,884 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $141 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Merck | 1 | $100 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $88 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $53 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $51 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $48 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $41 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $20 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 2 | $13 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,584
How this compares
$2,621 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 108 colon & rectal surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neomycin Sulfate | 15 | $63 |
| Metronidazole | 18 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Easton
- Bogdan ProtyniakWilkes-Barre$429K
- John MarksWynnewood$155K
- Joshua BleierPhiladelphia$86K
- Richard FortunatoPittsburgh$80K
- Najjia MahmoudPhiladelphia$63K
- James McCormickMonroeville$55K
- Juan PoggioPhiladelphia$49K
- Christopher BuzasDanville$25K
- David ZebleyAbington$24K
- Jennifer Holder-MurrayPittsburgh$21K
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.