Total Payments
$2,139
2024 Payments
$212.48
Companies
8
Transactions
19
Medicare Patients
1,032
Medicare Billing
$81,298

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$930.00 (43.5%)
Food & Beverage$824.33 (38.5%)
Travel$385.00 (18.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $930.00 1 43.5%
Food and Beverage $824.33 15 38.5%
Travel and Lodging $385.00 3 18.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $1,176 3 $0 (2024)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $556.10 8 $0 (2017)
Genentech USA, Inc. $175.22 3 $0 (2019)
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $91.66 1 $0 (2017)
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $89.60 1 $0 (2024)
ACELL, INC. $20.12 1 $0 (2017)
Covidien LP $16.50 1 $0 (2019)
Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. $14.37 1 $0 (2017)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $212.48 2 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP ($122.88)
2023 $1,053 2 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP ($1,053)
2019 $97.72 2 Genentech USA, Inc. ($81.22)
2017 $776.25 13 Medtronic USA, Inc. ($556.10)

All Payment Transactions

19 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
06/14/2024 Janssen Biotech, Inc. STELARA (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $89.60 General
Category: Immunology
05/09/2024 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $122.88 General
06/15/2023 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP ENHERTU (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $122.88 General
Category: Oncology
03/09/2023 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $930.00 General
10/25/2019 Covidien LP LigaSure (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.50 General
Category: Vessel Sealing
06/15/2019 Genentech USA, Inc. Kadcyla (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $81.22 General
Category: BioOncology
10/24/2017 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation DIFICID (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $91.66 General
Category: INFECTIOUS DISEASE
06/12/2017 Genentech USA, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $78.65 General
05/31/2017 ACELL, INC. Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $20.12 General
05/19/2017 Medtronic USA, Inc. PlasmaBlade (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $79.15 General
Category: Advanced Energy Cutting Device
05/19/2017 Medtronic USA, Inc. PlasmaBlade (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $43.76 General
Category: Advanced Energy Cutting Device
05/19/2017 Medtronic USA, Inc. PlasmaBlade (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.00 General
Category: Advanced Energy Cutting Device
05/19/2017 Medtronic USA, Inc. PlasmaBlade (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.00 General
Category: Advanced Energy Cutting Device
05/19/2017 Medtronic USA, Inc. PlasmaBlade (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.00 General
Category: Advanced Energy Cutting Device
05/18/2017 Medtronic USA, Inc. PlasmaBlade (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $262.09 General
Category: Advanced Energy Cutting Device
05/18/2017 Medtronic USA, Inc. PlasmaBlade (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $106.80 General
Category: Advanced Energy Cutting Device
03/21/2017 Genentech USA, Inc. Perjeta (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.35 General
Category: BioOncology
02/21/2017 Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. Entyvio (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.37 General
Category: Lower GI
01/16/2017 Medtronic USA, Inc. PlasmaBlade (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $9.30 General
Category: Advanced Energy Cutting Device

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 7 281 297 $118,931 $25,891
2022 4 209 244 $59,429 $11,653
2021 6 282 355 $97,964 $23,417
2020 4 260 314 $93,940 $20,337
Total Patients
1,032
Total Services
1,210
Medicare Billing
$81,298
Procedure Codes
27

All Medicare Procedures & Services

27 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 2 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes Office 2020 19 19 $9,120 $2,214 24.3%
38900 Lymph node imaging during surgery Facility 2020 14 14 $5,654 $1,539 27.2%

About Dr. Christa Abraham, M.D

Dr. Christa Abraham, M.D is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Albany, New York. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/24/2008. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1699936419.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Christa Abraham, M.D has received a total of $2,139 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $212.48 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 19 transactions from 8 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($930.00).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Abraham has provided services to 1,032 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,210 services with total Medicare billing of $81,298. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 27 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • PlasmaBlade (Device) $556.10
  • ENHERTU (Biological) $122.88
  • DIFICID (Drug) $91.66
  • STELARA (Biological) $89.60
  • Kadcyla (Biological) $81.22
  • LigaSure (Device) $16.50
  • Perjeta (Biological) $15.35
  • Entyvio (Biological) $14.37

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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