RxDoctor Payments Data

Patrick Whalen, MD

Anesthesiology · Lewiston, MENPI 1669423505

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $7,651 of the $11,602 with a category attached, or 65.9%. Biosense Webster, Inc. accounts for 92.3% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $8,065 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $178 in 2025. Among anesthesiology 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.

$11,602in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 36 payments — averaging $322.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Biosense Webster, Inc.$11K
  • Abbott$491
  • Medtronic$143
  • Boston Scientific$53
  • Merck$47
  • Johnson & Johnson$45
  • plus $111 from 5 others
$115,948in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 18 payments — averaging $6441.56 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.

  • Biosense Webster, Inc.$116K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$7,65166%
  • Travel & lodging$2,43321%
  • Food & beverage$1,51813%

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

$11,602 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 202 anesthesiology providers in Maine.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$53,598
Medicare patients
370
Services billed
464

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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