Top Internal Medicine in Ohio by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top internal medicine practitioners in Ohio by total payments received from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, based on CMS Open Payments data. The 20 providers listed here collectively received $11,935,009 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2019–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: Ohio
$11,935,009
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$395,035
Median Total Payments
Half of providers received more, half received less
Context: Industry payments to physicians are legally required to be disclosed under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. Payments may reflect consulting expertise, research participation, or speaking engagements. This data is provided to support transparency, not to render clinical judgments.

Top Internal Medicine by Total Industry Payments — Ohio

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Hassan Malik
Akron, OH
$1,645,186
2 2019–2024
2
Westlake, OH
$1,357,154
57 2018–2024
3
Cincinnati, OH
$945,828
58 2018–2024
4
C Martin Harris
Cleveland, OH
$935,440
2 2018–2022
5
Columbus, OH
$757,144
30 2018–2024
6
Robert Baughman
Cincinnati, OH
$730,245
14 2018–2024
7
Nina Deep
Westerville, OH
$607,260
3 2018–2024
8
Cincinnati, OH
$573,301
37 2018–2024
9
Mentor, OH
$564,306
50 2018–2024
10
Cincinnati, OH
$395,035
32 2018–2024
11
Circleville, OH
$392,767
15 2018–2024
12
Alexa Meara
Columbus, OH
$373,523
20 2018–2024
13
Lima, OH
$357,500
41 2018–2024
14
Uniontown, OH
$354,186
36 2018–2024
15
University Heights, OH
$343,987
18 2018–2024
16
Austintown, OH
$340,025
4 2018–2024
17
Beachwood, OH
$333,816
18 2018–2024
18
Cincinnati, OH
$316,351
16 2018–2024
19
Marina Magrey
Cleveland, OH
$314,868
20 2018–2024
20
Mayfield Hts, OH
$297,087
79 2018–2024

State payment context — Internal Medicine in Ohio

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 4,143 internal medicine providers in Ohio have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $31,034,638 (2018–2024).

The median internal medicine provider in Ohio received $397 in total payments, versus a national median of $406 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in Ohio peaked in 2024, when $5,161,066 changed hands across 49,192 transactions. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. has been the largest single payer over the period, and Cincinnati leads all Ohio cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Internal Medicine providers in Ohio

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. $1,673,854 48 162
Lilly USA, LLC $1,201,362 1,165 17,311
Amgen Inc. $1,145,804 1,369 16,044
Novo Nordisk Inc $1,049,319 1,342 31,239
Boston Scientific Corporation $1,040,464 512 3,697
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $989,281 1,524 15,040
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $976,939 1,638 22,907
Invacare Corporation $935,424 1 62

Industry payments to Internal Medicine providers in Ohio by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $4,529,732 2,432 67,557
2019 $5,139,441 2,379 63,229
2020 $3,182,529 1,902 32,702
2021 $3,699,568 2,022 43,751
2022 $4,602,052 2,275 49,031
2023 $4,720,249 2,395 49,922
2024 $5,161,066 2,402 49,192

Top Ohio cities for Internal Medicine industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Cincinnati $6,680,718 569 53,280
Cleveland $5,148,904 616 22,759
Columbus $3,065,597 444 22,785
Akron $2,506,450 102 8,248
Westlake $1,705,885 52 3,914
Westerville $792,884 45 9,209
Mentor $731,105 11 4,892
Lima $621,274 38 6,133
Methodology Providers filtered to Ohio-licensed internal medicine practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 207R00000X) with at least one Open Payments record. Payments aggregated across all years and all payment types. Rankings reflect cumulative totals, not annualized figures. Data source: CMS Open Payments, accessed via doctransparency.com database.
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