Total Payments
$602,874
2024 Payments
$81,942
Companies
15
Transactions
431
Payment Breakdown by Category
Consulting$541,822 (89.9%)
Travel$50,770 (8.4%)
Food & Beverage$9,492 (1.6%)
Other$700.00 (0.1%)
Education$90.00 (0.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $541,822 | 130 | 89.9% |
| Travel and Lodging | $50,770 | 148 | 8.4% |
| Food and Beverage | $9,492 | 151 | 1.6% |
| Honoraria | $700.00 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Education | $90.00 | 1 | 0.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $515,722 | 313 | $0 (2024) |
| Ethicon US, LLC | $70,645 | 55 | $0 (2024) |
| MediView XR, Inc. | $4,315 | 3 | $0 (2023) |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | $3,944 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. | $3,417 | 16 | $0 (2023) |
| Ethicon Inc. | $1,523 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $1,246 | 11 | $0 (2024) |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | $1,057 | 9 | $0 (2018) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $654.82 | 8 | $0 (2018) |
| Advanced Critical Devices, Inc. | $90.57 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $81,942 | 53 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($57,028) |
| 2023 | $72,094 | 45 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($36,798) |
| 2022 | $93,814 | 43 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($92,812) |
| 2021 | $73,545 | 20 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($73,403) |
| 2020 | $61,477 | 44 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($60,551) |
| 2019 | $125,909 | 123 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($116,589) |
| 2018 | $66,215 | 74 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($60,047) |
| 2017 | $27,878 | 29 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($18,496) |
All Payment Transactions
431 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 18
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30/2024 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | Certus 140 (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,376.09 | General |
| Category: Interventional Solutions | ||||||
| 12/30/2024 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | Certus 140 (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $72.94 | General |
| Category: Interventional Solutions | ||||||
| 12/30/2024 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | Certus 140 (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $24.31 | General |
| Category: Interventional Solutions | ||||||
| 12/06/2024 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | Certus 140 (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,375.00 | General |
| Category: Interventional Solutions | ||||||
| 12/06/2024 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | Certus 140 (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,700.00 | General |
| Category: Interventional Solutions | ||||||
| 12/05/2024 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $252.92 | General |
| 10/09/2024 | Ethicon US, LLC | Certus 140 (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $12,487.50 | General |
| Category: Interventional Solutions | ||||||
| 10/08/2024 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | Certus 140 (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,050.00 | General |
| Category: Interventional Solutions | ||||||
| 08/27/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $40.93 | General |
| 08/22/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $191.15 | General |
| 08/22/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $45.41 | General |
| 08/06/2024 | Sirtex Medical Inc | SIR-Spheres Microspheres (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $20.98 | General |
| Category: Interventional Oncology | ||||||
| 07/11/2024 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | Certus 140 (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,712.50 | General |
| Category: Interventional Solutions | ||||||
| 07/10/2024 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | Certus 140 (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,062.50 | General |
| Category: Interventional Solutions | ||||||
| 06/29/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $120.52 | General |
| 06/28/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $399.43 | General |
| 06/28/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $139.23 | General |
| 06/28/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $136.68 | General |
| 06/24/2024 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | Certus 140 (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,724.26 | General |
| Category: Interventional Solutions | ||||||
| 06/24/2024 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | Certus 140 (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,025.00 | General |
| Category: Interventional Solutions | ||||||
| 06/24/2024 | Ethicon Inc. | Certus 140 (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,350.00 | General |
| Category: Interventional Solutions | ||||||
| 06/24/2024 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | Certus 140 (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $296.21 | General |
| Category: Interventional Solutions | ||||||
| 06/06/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $59.53 | General |
| 06/06/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.49 | General |
| 05/23/2024 | Ethicon US, LLC | Certus 140 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $131.31 | General |
| Category: Interventional Solutions | ||||||
About Dr. Robert Short, MD
Dr. Robert Short, MD is a Diagnostic Radiology healthcare provider based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/03/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1750593836.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Robert Short, MD has received a total of $602,874 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $81,942 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 431 transactions from 15 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($541,822).
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Practice Information
- Specialty Diagnostic Radiology
- Location Pittsburgh, PA
- Active Since 05/03/2007
- Last Updated 10/14/2014
- Taxonomy Code 2085R0202X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1750593836
Products in Payments
- CERTUS 140 MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $236,488
- Certus 140 (Device) $223,531
- DERMABOND Portfolio (Device) $30,253
- ALIYA SYSTEM (Device) $3,944
- Neuwave (Device) $3,021
- NEUWAVE Flex Microwave Ablation System (Device) $1,916
- Smartablate (Device) $1,292
- Navicross (Device) $922.19
- NeuFlex (Device) $675.00
- Supera peripheral stent system (Device) $456.54
- Absolute Pro vascular stent system (Device) $123.78
- ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY Curved Intraluminal Stapler (Device) $119.65
- HARMONIC Product Family (Device) $101.41
- Vascular Products (Medical Supply) $90.57
- Optitorque (Device) $90.00
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System (Device) $76.78
- Perclose ProGlide suture mediated closure system (Device) $74.50
- Monarch Platform (Device) $71.14
- Artis Q ceiling (Device) $59.32
- TR Band (Device) $44.39
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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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