Raghu Seethala, MD
Critical Care Medicine · Weymouth, MANPI 1437317096
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $8,540 of the $13,743 with a category attached, or 62.1%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries at 31.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,496 and has fallen 93.9% since, to $337 in 2025. Among critical care medicine 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 24 payments — averaging $572.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$4K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$3K
- Nxstage Medical, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Ultrasight Inc$2K
- Baxter Healthcare$143
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,54062%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,91021%
- Travel & lodging$1,69712%
- Food & beverage$5964%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $4,340 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 4 | $2,929 |
| Nxstage Medical, Inc. | 1 | $2,450 |
| Medtronic | 16 | $2,131 |
| Ultrasight Inc | 1 | $1,750 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $143 |
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.
- LifeSPARC$2,910
- NXSTAGE SYSTEM ONE$2,450
- UltraSight AI Guidance$1,750
- MC3 NAUTILUS(TM) ECMO OXYGENATOR$1,062
- COSEAL$143
How this compares
$13,743 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 158 critical care medicine providers in Massachusetts.
Medicare billing
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.
Other critical care medicine in Weymouth
- Nicholas CsikeszWeymouth$2K
- Drew SheldonWeymouth$421
- Richard ChannickBoston$638K
- Ioana PrestonBurlington$544K
- Mark TidswellSpringfield$135K
- Benjamin MedoffBoston$98K
- Jerome CrowleyBoston$38K
- William McGeeSpringfield$32K
- Diana Espinoza BarreraBoston$17K
- Catherine FioreBoston$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.