Paula Bokesch
Anesthesiology · Lexington, MANPI 1891711461
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $243,750 of the $243,750 with a category attached, or 100.0%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Melinta Therapeutics, LLC. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $158,100 and has fallen 65.2% since, to $55,050 in 2023. Among anesthesiology clinicians in MA 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 27 payments — averaging $9027.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$244K
Across 33 payments — averaging $10,000 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.
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$330K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$243,750100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 27 | $243,750 |
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
$243,750 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,585 anesthesiology providers in Massachusetts.
Other anesthesiology in Lexington
- Balachundhar SubramaniamLexington$23K
- James StreisandCambridge$380K
- Douglas ShookBoston$267K
- Robert YongBoston$231K
- Michael DambraBoston$194K
- Jasmine PatelWorcester$180K
- Robert TruogBoston$172K
- Mary Ellen McCannBoston$140K
- Stanton ShernanBoston$136K
- Edgar RossBoston$129K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.