Nananda Col
Internal Medicine · Portland, MENPI 1104870377
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $120,884 of the $124,415 with a category attached, or 97.2%. EMD Serono, Inc. accounts for 91.7% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $105,578 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $415 in 2022. Among internal medicine clinicians in ME 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 12 payments — averaging $10,368 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- EMD Serono, Inc.$114K
- Amgen$10K
Across 16 payments — averaging $96,950 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$1.1M
- EMD Serono, Inc.$488K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$120,88497%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4150%
- Travel & lodging$1,8121%
- Food & beverage$2500%
- Education$1,0541%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 8 | $114,046 |
| Amgen | 4 | $10,369 |
How this compares
$124,415 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 445 internal medicine providers in Maine.
Other internal medicine in Portland
- Heidi DeblockPortland$27K
- Jonathan NicholsPortland$3K
- Nicholas PozzesserePortland$2K
- James KatzPortland$2K
- Jacob GelmanPortland$628
- Pamela CourtneyPortland$401
- Gene ChengAugusta$22K
- Elizabeth DennisWestbrook$17K
- Hassan AbouleishHoulton$15K
- Peter GuzzettiAugusta$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.