RxDoctor Payments Data

Richard Malley

Pediatric Infectious Diseases · Boston, MANPI 1083715825

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (50.1%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Merck accounts for 60.8% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $47,729 and has fallen 80.5% since, to $9,310 in 2025. Among pediatric infectious diseases clinicians in MA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$114,887in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 101 payments — averaging $1137.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Merck$70K
  • GSK$45K
$952,091in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 10 payments — averaging $95,209 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.

  • Pfizer$503K
  • Astellas Pharma Inc$342K
  • Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$107K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$31,32027%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$23,25020%
  • Travel & lodging$57,54550%
  • Food & beverage$1,3881%
  • Education$1,3851%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Merck61$69,828
GSK40$45,059

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

$114,887 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 29 pediatric infectious diseases providers in Massachusetts.

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