Mercedes Martinez
Pediatric Transplant Hepatology · New York, NYNPI 1316992522
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (35.8%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 30.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $13,348 and has fallen 91.1% since, to $1,182 in 2025.
Across 87 payments — averaging $206.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$5K
- Shire North American Group Inc$5K
- Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$3K
- Gilead$3K
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$961
- Intra-sana Laboratories$114
- plus $283 from 4 others
Across 22 payments — averaging $5508.91 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.
- Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$73K
- Genentech, Inc.$40K
- Shire North American Group Inc$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,42036%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,81027%
- Travel & lodging$3,00417%
- Food & beverage$3,69221%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $5,442 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 10 | $5,143 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 33 | $3,221 |
| Gilead | 8 | $2,763 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 20 | $961 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 1 | $114 |
| Orphalan Inc | 5 | $106 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $98 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $58 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- GATTEX$811
- Livmarli$703
- Bylvay$440
- Reltone 200 Mg$114
- Reltone 400 Mg$114
How this compares
Too few pediatric transplant hepatology providers in New Yorkto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric transplant hepatology in New York
- Jennifer VittorioNew York$182K
- Steven LobrittoNew York$88K
- Nadia OvchinskyNew York$41K
- Amanda CantorNew York$2K
- Pooja Reddy SpectorNew York$1K
- Dana GoldnerNew York$803
- Elise KangNew York$576
- Swati AntalaNew York$438
- Adriana PerezNew York$356
- Minoti VatherNew York$20
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.