Mercedes Quinones
Rheumatology · Washington, DCNPI 1568587459
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (58.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 39.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $10,581 and has fallen 97.2% since, to $298 in 2025.
Across 76 payments — averaging $301.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$9K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$5K
- Cardinal Health 108 LLC$2K
- Novartis$2K
- Amgen$2K
- Sanofi$965
- plus $2K from 9 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $8522.20 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.
- Biogen$35K
- Amgen$16K
- Novartis$13K
- Genentech, Inc.$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,72921%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,47759%
- Travel & lodging$2,64612%
- Food & beverage$2,0709%
- Education$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 34 | $8,990 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $4,789 |
| Cardinal Health 108 LLC | 7 | $2,493 |
| Novartis | 2 | $2,403 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 6 | $1,688 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $965 |
| Gilead | 1 | $740 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $261 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 2 | $196 |
| GSK | 2 | $130 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $107 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 1 | $82 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$22,930 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 41 rheumatology providers in District of Columbia.
Other rheumatology in Washington
- Stephen MitchellWashington$1.6M
- Andrea Leonard-SegalWashington$633K
- Gail KerrWashington$244K
- Virginia SteenWashington$168K
- Sharon DowellWashington$73K
- Christopher CollinsWashington$69K
- Saira BilalWashington$62K
- Megan LockwoodWashington$23K
- Tayseer HarounWashington$18K
- Ndelela MbuyiWashington$15K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.