Ralph Newman, DO
Geriatric Medicine · Columbus, OHNPI 1588711410
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.3% of the total across 164 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 45 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $653 and has fallen 68.8% since, to $204 in 2025.
Across 164 payments — averaging $19.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$361
- Nevro Corp.$304
- Dexcom, Inc.$195
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$171
- AstraZeneca$162
- ZOLL Respicardia, Inc.$143
- plus $2K from 39 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,12199%
- Education$211%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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.
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.
- remede System$143
How this compares
$3,142 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 146 geriatric medicine providers in Ohio.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 14 | $13,518 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 17 | $10,634 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 12 | $7,150 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 37 | $5,494 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 31 | $5,307 |
| AbrysvoRsv Vacc, Pref A And Pref B/Pf | 16 | $4,953 |
| ShingrixVaricella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf | 20 | $4,212 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 22 | $1,931 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 66 | $1,593 |
| Alcohol Prep PadsAlcohol Antiseptic Pads | 26 | $811 |
| Gabapentin | 55 | $601 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $418 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 16 | $366 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 23 | $294 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 18 | $264 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $92 | $13,51814 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $162 | $10,63417 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $76 | $7,15012 claims |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USABuprenorphine-Naloxone | $38 | $5,49437 claims |
| PfizerAbrysvo | $114 | $4,95316 claims |
| GSKShingrix | $53 | $4,21220 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 146 geriatric medicine providers in Ohio.
Other geriatric medicine in Columbus
- Rahul PamarthyColumbus$3K
- Meenakshi PatelCenterville$644K
- Daniel CannoneWadsworth$423K
- Babak TousiCleveland$215K
- Brinder VijWest Chester$92K
- Sean CannoneCopley$74K
- Tai-Chi KwokWooster$26K
- James FidelholtzCincinnati$15K
- Rodney IsonCanal Fulton$10K
- Ronan FactoraCleveland$9K
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.