Cepheid

Reporting payments is a legal requirement; large totals often reflect large product portfolios.

$1.5Mgeneral payments (2019-2025)

$147Kresearch payments (2019-2025)

1,129clinicians paid

General and research payments are shown separately, never blended. Research payments are often institution-directed and tied to clinical trials.

General payments by year

2019 $178K

2020 $189K

2021 $88K

2022 $136K

2023 $144K

2024 $408K

2025 $370K

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Research payments are totaled above and not included in these bars.

Products most associated with its payments

Specialties it works with most

Anesthesiology $488K

Infectious Disease $268K

Emergency Medicine $117K

Pediatrics $104K

Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology $95K

Anatomic Pathology $92K

Clinicians with the largest reported totals

Often long-running consulting, speaking, or advisory relationships, which companies must report by law. A large total is not evidence of anything improper.

Clinician	Location	Specialty	General payments (2019-2025)
Lee Fleisher	Philadelphia, PA	Anesthesiology	$487,566.09
Jeffrey Klausner	Los Angeles, CA	Infectious Disease	$81,954.79
Bryant Boyd	Shreveport, LA	Emergency Medicine	$81,138.07
David Rimm	New Haven, CT	Anatomic Pathology	$64,555.33
Howard Orsburn	Russellville, AR	Pediatrics	$51,559.43
Daniel Barbaro	Fort Worth, TX	Infectious Disease	$42,823.12
Thomas Sherwood	Turlock, CA	Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology	$42,177.12
Christina Muzny	Birmingham, AL	Infectious Disease	$40,585.17
Dov Shapiro	Lincolnshire, IL	Pediatrics	$38,767.93
Dennis Deruelle	Knoxville, TN	Internal Medicine	$34,304.89

What this means, and what it doesn't

These payments are legal and common. Drug and device makers routinely pay for meals at educational events, consulting, speaking, travel, and research. Companies are required by federal law to report them; that's why this data exists.
A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing. Most clinicians who accept industry payments provide excellent care. Research payments in particular often reflect participation in clinical trials.
Context beats raw numbers. A few hundred dollars in sandwiches over several years is typical. What's worth understanding is scale, source, and purpose, which is what this page shows.
The data comes from companies, not doctors. Figures are "as reported to CMS" by the paying companies. Clinicians can dispute records through CMS's official process.

Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.