Susan Vieira-Candela, PA
Surgical · Salisbury, MDNPI 1134314321
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 39 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 15 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $859 and has fallen 61.1% since, to $334 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in MD 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.
Across 39 payments — averaging $57.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$411
- Baxter Healthcare$347
- Atricure, Inc.$291
- Medtronic$208
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$189
- Inari Medical, Inc.$163
- plus $636 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,246100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $411 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 10 | $347 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $291 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $208 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 4 | $189 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $163 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $163 |
| Amgen | 1 | $121 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $88 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $72 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $51 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $40 |
| Abbott | 1 | $39 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $33 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
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
$2,246 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 277 surgical providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amiodarone Hcl | 43 | $377 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 70 | $224 |
| Gabapentin | 24 | $155 |
| Potassium Chloride | 37 | $153 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 37 | $113 |
| Furosemide | 47 | $84 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 15 | $63 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 13 | $62 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Salisbury
- William EnnisSalisbury$2K
- Alina JuskiewiczSalisbury$2K
- Brian RoederSalisbury$1K
- Christina BulleyPotomac$39K
- Jenifer AbbottHavre de Grace$9K
- Jodie VogtmanHavre de Grace$9K
- Erika NigamBaltimore$8K
- Tara MorrisBaltimore$7K
- Megan BellGlen Burnie$7K
- Simone BeattieBaltimore$7K
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.