Rama Anthony
Acute Care · Baltimore, MDNPI 1689170672
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 32.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,912, more than ten times the $524 reported in 2021. Among acute care clinicians in MD 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 161 payments — averaging $123.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$6K
- Medtronic$6K
- Abbott$3K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- AbbVie$402
- AstraZeneca$333
- plus $905 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$10,67353%
- Food & beverage$9,28447%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 45 | $6,391 |
| Medtronic | 51 | $5,844 |
| Abbott | 26 | $3,292 |
| Boston Scientific | 21 | $2,789 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $402 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 3 | $333 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Amgen | 1 | $110 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $109 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $105 |
| Biogen | 1 | $98 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $91 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $70 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $40 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
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.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$3,512
- WATCHMAN Access System$1,736
- MitraClip$1,701
- NAVITOR$957
- WATCHMAN FLX$632
- EVOQUE$537
- CoreValve Evolut$202
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$189
- INGREZZA$140
- NA$137
- ULTOMIRIS$123
- Watchman$123
- SOLIRIS$116
- LINZESS$111
- KRYSTEXXA$110
- Heplisav-B$109
- QUVIVIQ$105
How this compares
$19,957 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 502 acute care providers in Maryland.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisone | 19 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other acute care in Baltimore
- Paige GriffithBaltimore$106K
- T Nicole KelleyBaltimore$46K
- Amy GoodrichBaltimore$27K
- Susan HuppmannBaltimore$16K
- Eleanor DunlapBaltimore$11K
- Lateaqua AlstonBaltimore$9K
- Archana PatelBaltimore$8K
- Tamara HillBaltimore$8K
- Robert GoodfellowBaltimore$7K
- Margaret AustinBaltimore$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.