Robert Bracken
Urology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1386612398
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,561 of the $3,447 with a category attached, or 74.3%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Astellas Pharma US Inc at 28.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,163 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $19 in 2025.
Across 107 payments — averaging $32.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$994
- Johnson & Johnson$833
- Olympus America Inc.$449
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$315
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$278
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$165
- plus $414 from 9 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $2519.16 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$18K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,56174%
- Education$86725%
- Entertainment$191%
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 26 | $994 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 20 | $833 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 20 | $449 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $315 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $278 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 12 | $165 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 5 | $159 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $99 |
| Rochester Medical Corporation | 3 | $36 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 1 | $24 |
| Argentum Medical | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Bayer | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Erleada$460
- iTIND System$255
- XIAFLEX$141
How this compares
$3,447 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 485 urology providers in Ohio.
Other urology in Cincinnati
- Abhinav SidanaCincinnati$174K
- Paurush BabbarCincinnati$140K
- Marc PliskinCincinnati$108K
- Stephen BennettCincinnati$38K
- Michael RousseauCincinnati$26K
- Kamal PoharCincinnati$20K
- Ryan FlynnCincinnati$16K
- Lawrence GervasiMiddleburg Heights$1.1M
- Howard GoldmanCleveland$721K
- Ronney AbazaWorthington$374K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.