Michelle Baum
Pediatric Nephrology · Boston, MANPI 1104897925
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $28,390 of the $31,569 with a category attached, or 89.9%. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 47.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $6,912 and has fallen 58.3% since, to $2,883 in 2025.
Across 32 payments — averaging $986.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$15K
- Novo Nordisk$8K
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$6K
- Novo Nordisk Health Care AG$3K
Across 110 payments — averaging $4652.70 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.
- Novo Nordisk AS$237K
- Novo Nordisk US Research & Development, Inc.$211K
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$63K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$28,39090%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0003%
- Travel & lodging$1,6305%
- Food & beverage$5422%
- Education$60%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $15,040 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $7,608 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 12 | $6,220 |
| Novo Nordisk Health Care AG | 2 | $2,700 |
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.
- OXLUMO$6,750
- (815) Thiola$3,047
How this compares
$31,569 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 23 pediatric nephrology providers in Massachusetts.
Other pediatric nephrology in Boston
- Deborah SteinBoston$43K
- Michael SomersBoston$34K
- Avram TraumBoston$33K
- Weizhen TanBoston$17K
- Matthew SampsonBoston$14K
- Ankana DagaBoston$11K
- Isa AshoorBoston$281
- Amita SharmaBoston$240
- Lawrence MilnerBoston$163
- Paul FadakarBoston$151
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.