Kaleb Lambeth
Internal Medicine · Baltimore, MDNPI 1679061550
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.5%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 39 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 37.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,545, more than ten times the $218 reported in 2021. Among internal medicine clinicians in MD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 328 payments — averaging $60.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$7K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$4K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$948
- Abbott$834
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$541
- plus $3K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$4,50023%
- Travel & lodging$3,79719%
- Food & beverage$10,61254%
- Education$9145%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 57 | $7,435 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 68 | $3,591 |
| Boston Scientific | 37 | $3,153 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $948 |
| Abbott | 28 | $834 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 11 | $541 |
| Pfizer | 40 | $533 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 4 | $352 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 9 | $293 |
| Amgen | 9 | $249 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 7 | $187 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 5 | $172 |
| Novartis | 8 | $171 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 6 | $155 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $152 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $140 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $103 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $65 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $41 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $37 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $33 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $27 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $26 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $25 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $24 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $19 |
| Contego Medical, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 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.
- Carto 3$3,275
- Farapulse$1,640
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$361
- Micra$286
- WATCHMAN FLX$164
- TandemHeart$152
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$150
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$149
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$144
- Diamondback Coronary$143
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$138
- NUVISION ICE CATHETER$135
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$131
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$128
- Repatha$125
- MULTAQ$117
- Watchman$111
How this compares
$19,823 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,979 internal medicine providers in Maryland.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Minocycline Hcl | 11 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Baltimore
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- Jeremy SugarmanBaltimore$210K
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- Kristen MarroneBaltimore$97K
- Ana-Maria OrbaiBaltimore$89K
- Mark YarchoanBaltimore$89K
- David Muniz PedrogoBaltimore$82K
- Julie PaikBaltimore$76K
- Allison AgwuBaltimore$58K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.