Stephanie Merck
Acute Care · Branford, CTNPI 1235158932
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,088 of the $1,259 with a category attached, or 86.4%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by GSK at 26.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $699 and has fallen 98.1% since, to $14 in 2024.
Across 70 payments — averaging $17.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$333
- Abbott$265
- Amgen$235
- AbbVie$145
- Cequr Corporation$74
- Pfizer$52
- plus $155 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,08886%
- Education$17114%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 16 | $333 |
| Abbott | 13 | $265 |
| Amgen | 23 | $235 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $145 |
| Cequr Corporation | 2 | $74 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $52 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $21 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,259 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 239 acute care providers in Connecticut.
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.
Other acute care in Branford
- Terea GuimaraesBranford$36K
- Hassen BorhotManchester$75K
- Rosanna MenditeHartford$11K
- Nicola CalabreseMiddletown$9K
- Mary CicchettiHartford$7K
- Daniel MeewesHartford$7K
- Tara HalpinWethersfield$6K
- Wayne RockhillWaterbury$5K
- Katrina CarotenutiWaterbury$5K
- Caryn EckerNorwalk$5K
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.