Kevin Babb, MD
Emergency Medicine · Baltimore, MDNPI 1780729558
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 14 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 9 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $513 and has fallen 71.5% since, to $146 in 2025. Among emergency 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 14 payments — averaging $104.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Grifols USA, LLC$275
- Inari Medical, Inc.$268
- AstraZeneca$264
- Johnson & Johnson$229
- Abbott$136
- Pfizer$125
- plus $169 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,466100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grifols USA, LLC | 2 | $275 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $268 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $264 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $229 |
| Abbott | 1 | $136 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $125 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $117 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 1 | $18 |
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.
- HyperRAB$275
- XARELTO$229
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$181
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$181
- I-STAT$136
- ELIQUIS$125
- ANDEXXA$118
- FASENRA$116
How this compares
$1,466 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 925 emergency medicine providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 70 | $876 |
| Cefdinir | 16 | $208 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 27 | $197 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 26 | $180 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 37 | $171 |
| Ibuprofen | 60 | $168 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 14 | $157 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 39 | $153 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 11 | $142 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 21 | $106 |
| Famotidine | 12 | $31 |
| Prednisone | 22 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other emergency medicine in Baltimore
- Leana WenBaltimore$2.2M
- Matthew LevyBaltimore$135K
- Ron ElfenbeinBaltimore$60K
- Asa MargolisBaltimore$21K
- Binoy MistryBaltimore$15K
- Giorgio GalettoBaltimore$10K
- Steven JoffeBaltimore$9K
- Nathan IrvinBaltimore$9K
- Richard RothmanBaltimore$8K
- Thomas WindsorBaltimore$6K
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.