RxDoctor Payments Data

Patricia Lo Russo, DO

Medical Oncology · Detroit, MINPI 1932146420

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $242,885 of the $321,612 with a category attached, or 75.5%. It is spread thinly across 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.5%. 2025 is the largest year on record at $127,509, 3.8 times the $33,966 reported in 2019. Among medical oncology clinicians in MI 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.

$321,612in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 215 payments — averaging $1495.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg$66K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$46K
  • Pfizer$38K
  • Amgen$21K
  • F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$20K
  • Merck Healthcare Kgaa$17K
  • plus $113K from 24 others
$24,361,175in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 3,474 payments — averaging $7012.43 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.

  • Astrazeneca UK Limited$3.4M
  • Genentech, Inc.$2.8M
  • AstraZeneca$2.2M
  • Pfizer$2.1M
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$1.7M
  • Astellas Pharma Inc$1.6M
  • plus $10.5M from 36 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$242,88576%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$27,0288%
  • Travel & lodging$47,74915%
  • Food & beverage$3,9501%

General payments by program year

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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.

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

$321,612 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 170 medical oncology providers in Michigan.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$10,812
Medicare patients
26
Services billed
85

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.

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