Meredith Wasserman, MD
Urology · Providence, RINPI 1518496264
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,492 of the $2,179 with a category attached, or 68.5%. Medtronic accounts for 76.2% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $928, 4.8 times the $194 reported in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in RI, where the typical reported total is $2,349.
Across 30 payments — averaging $72.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Boston Scientific$404
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$39
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$27
- Urogen Pharma, Inc.$24
- Novo Nordisk$24
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$68732%
- Food & beverage$1,49268%
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 | 21 | $1,661 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $404 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $27 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $24 |
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.
- ALTAVIVA$617
- INTERSTIM$521
- Advantage System$268
- UPSYLON$136
How this compares
$2,179 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 55 urology providers in Rhode Island.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GemtesaVibegron | 144 | $112,040 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 151 | $94,108 |
| PremarinEstrogens, Conjugated | 12 | $5,325 |
| Estradiol | 76 | $4,819 |
| YuvafemEstradiol | 15 | $1,903 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 24 | $1,879 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 21 | $1,077 |
| Trospium Chloride | 17 | $798 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 41 | $526 |
| NitrofurantoinNitrofurantoin Macrocrystal | 16 | $425 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 20 | $416 |
| Sodium ChlorideSodium Chloride Irrig Solution | 17 | $355 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 12 | $351 |
| Finasteride | 16 | $242 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 24 | $215 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $39 | $112,040144 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $27 | $94,108151 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 45th percentile of 55 urology providers in Rhode Island.
Other urology in Providence
- Dicken KoProvidence$158K
- Gyan PareekProvidence$83K
- Joseph RenzulliProvidence$81K
- Simone ThavaseelanProvidence$16K
- Boris GershmanProvidence$13K
- Janice Santos CortesProvidence$12K
- Dragan GolijaninProvidence$11K
- Elias HyamsProvidence$10K
- Andrew TompkinsProvidence$3K
- Ashley MatthewProvidence$3K
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.