Julie Hoover-Fong, MD
Clinical Genetics (M.D.) · Baltimore, MDNPI 1134171119
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (56.2%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. accounts for 89.6% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $79,873, 2.6 times the $30,651 reported in 2019.
Across 187 payments — averaging $1285.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$215K
- AstraZeneca$14K
- Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc$10K
- Novo Nordisk Health Care AG$1K
Across 268 payments — averaging $11,033 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.
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$2.7M
- AstraZeneca$210K
- QED Therapeutics, Inc.$46K
- Therachon Holding GmbH$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$55,97823%
- Speaking & faculty fees$135,12156%
- Travel & lodging$35,62215%
- Food & beverage$4,4352%
- Education$9,2174%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 165 | $215,436 |
| AstraZeneca | 18 | $13,974 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 2 | $9,576 |
| Novo Nordisk Health Care AG | 2 | $1,385 |
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.
- VOXZOGO 1.2mg$90,158
- Strensiq$10,286
- Palynziq$4,750
- VOXZOGO$3,706
- Vimizim$145
How this compares
Too few clinical genetics (m.d.) providers in Marylandto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| StrensiqAsfotase Alfa | 16 | $2,086,387 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaStrensiq | $13,974 | $2,086,38716 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. There are too few clinical genetics (m.d.) providers in Marylandon file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other clinical genetics (m.d.) in Baltimore
- Harry DietzBaltimore$1.5M
- Garry CuttingBaltimore$4K
- Shama JariBaltimore$309
- Natalie BlagowidowBaltimore$194
- Carol GreeneBaltimore$84
- Sofia Saenz AyalaBaltimore$66
- Ada HamoshBaltimore$2
- Marshall SummarChevy Chase$5K
- Constantine StratakisBethesda$1K
- Mickey KuoBethesda$971
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.