Ted Kremer
Pediatric Pulmonology · Worcester, MANPI 1760464184
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $284 of the $354 with a category attached, or 80.2%. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vertex at 53.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $162, 2.3 times the $70 reported in 2021.
Across 4 payments — averaging $88.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$188
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$96
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$70
Across 33 payments — averaging $27,531 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.
- Vertex$871K
- AbbVie$38K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$28480%
- Education$7020%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 2 | $188 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
How this compares
$354 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 40 pediatric pulmonology providers in Massachusetts.
Other pediatric pulmonology in Worcester
- Terence FlotteWorcester$5K
- Evan BaileyWorcester$192
- Gregory SawickiBoston$96K
- Claudia OrdonezBoston$73K
- Thomas KinaneBoston$67K
- Ahmet UluerBoston$61K
- Lael YonkerBoston$21K
- Paul SalvaSpringfield$21K
- Robyn CohenBoston$16K
- Scott SchroederBoston$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.