Gerontology in District of Columbia
14 providers, $19,096 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays gerontology clinicians in District of Columbia
Across 6 gerontology clinicians in District of Columbia who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $298,933 in total — an average of $49,822 each, of which $43,388 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1Gabriel DiazWashington$14,274
- 2Joanne SamuelsWashington$1,414
- 3Effat BennettWashington$1,121
- 4Emmerencia MorfawWashington$800
- 5Mohamed KoromaWashington$738
- 6Elizabeth KnudsenWashington$393
- 7Laurie WilsonWashington$113
- 8Deborah DwyerWashington$67
- 9Mary Thullah BanguraWashington$48
- 10Mechthild SullivanWashington$42
- 11Mary WinslowWashington$33
- 12Su Bin OhmWashington$21
- 13Blair DevermontWashington$19
- 14Simone LitesWashington$14