Ross Guarino
Surgical · Williamsville, NYNPI 1487703898
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 652 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 60 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,008 and has fallen 59.5% since, to $1,621 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in NY 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 652 payments — averaging $19.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$839
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$737
- Amgen$578
- plus $6K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$12,910100%
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.
- OCTRODE$480
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$400
- Proclaim DRG IPG$354
- AIMOVIG$250
- Omnia$243
- NURTEC ODT$236
- Roxybond$170
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$141
- IonicRF$130
- UBRELVY$125
- PROCLAIM$124
- Zilretta$120
- XCOPRI$113
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$113
- SPRINT PNS System$112
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$112
- Trudhesa$105
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$104
- Vumerity$100
How this compares
$12,910 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,544 surgical providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 81 | $64,019 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 91 | $44,344 |
| Buprenorphine | 153 | $40,040 |
| Nucynta ErTapentadol Hcl | 40 | $32,598 |
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 34 | $21,857 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 36 | $17,374 |
| LyricaPregabalin | 17 | $14,797 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 643 | $11,847 |
| Tramadol Hcl ErTramadol Hcl | 74 | $8,575 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 13 | $7,570 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 238 | $6,974 |
| Gabapentin | 345 | $4,479 |
| Fentanyl | 16 | $3,688 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 374 | $3,630 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 143 | $3,316 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Belbuca, Nucynta Er, Nucynta, Xtampza Er | $1,181 | $126,043168 claims |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc.Movantik | $46 | $17,37436 claims |
| PfizerLyrica | $216 | $14,79717 claims |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate | $43 | $5515 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 95th percentile of 1,544 surgical providers in New York.
Other surgical in Williamsville
- Sarah MartineckWilliamsville$34K
- Andrea WincowskiWilliamsville$7K
- Stacy HeilerWilliamsville$7K
- Lindsay SchweikarthAlbany$324K
- Nicole FeinNew York$225K
- Kenneth RuizNew York$93K
- Terry LinNew York$70K
- Beth PhillipsEast Syracuse$51K
- James DoolittleNew York$46K
- Tanya GeistAmherst$43K
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.