Kenneth Mayer
Infectious Disease · Providence, RINPI 1861439812
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $99,780 of the $128,771 with a category attached, or 77.5%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 41.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $41,160 and has fallen 54.3% since, to $18,813 in 2025. Among infectious disease clinicians in RI 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 129 payments — averaging $998.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$54K
- Viiv Healthcare Company$33K
- Gilead$31K
- Roche Diagnostics Corporation$7K
- Theratechnologies Inc.$3K
- Modernatx, Inc.$2K
- plus $151 from 2 others
Across 125 payments — averaging $13,226 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.
- Gilead$1.2M
- Merck$178K
- Modernatx, Inc.$173K
- GSK$112K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$99,78077%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,9902%
- Travel & lodging$23,25618%
- Food & beverage$3,7443%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 52 | $53,729 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 14 | $33,018 |
| Gilead | 46 | $30,633 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 3 | $6,579 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 1 | $3,000 |
| Modernatx, Inc. | 4 | $1,660 |
| GSK | 8 | $134 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
How this compares
$128,771 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 52 infectious disease providers in Rhode Island.
Other infectious disease in Providence
- Angela CaliendoProvidence$66K
- Karen TashimaProvidence$8K
- Rami KantorProvidence$3K
- Richa TandonProvidence$2K
- Samira Reyes DassumProvidence$2K
- Timothy FlaniganProvidence$2K
- Michelle LallyProvidence$1K
- Maria MilenoProvidence$516
- Melissa GaitanisProvidence$398
- Sophia PanaccioneProvidence$392
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.