Top Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program in Pennsylvania by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top student in an organized health care education/training program practitioners in Pennsylvania by total payments received from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, based on CMS Open Payments data. The 20 providers listed here collectively received $3,932,909 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2018–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: Pennsylvania
$3,932,909
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$184,305
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 Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program by Total Industry Payments — Pennsylvania

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Danville, PA
$448,934
28 2018–2024
2
Wynnewood, PA
$432,595
93 2018–2024
3
Bethel Park, PA
$376,098
10 2018–2024
4
Mary Zakutney
Irwin, PA
$366,322
21 2018–2024
5
Philadelphia, PA
$342,643
14 2018–2024
6
Hershey, PA
$289,595
9 2018–2024
7
Ashutosh Kumar
Hershey, PA
$223,742
11 2018–2024
8
Philadelphia, PA
$218,215
7 2018–2024
9
Johnstown, PA
$214,208
99 2018–2024
10
Reading, PA
$184,305
15 2018–2024
11
Scranton, PA
$134,377
19 2019–2024
12
Philadelphia, PA
$130,717
17 2020–2024
13
Linh-Tu Thai
Bryn Mawr, PA
$99,188
1 2023–2023
14
Danville, PA
$72,615
6 2019–2024
15
Pittsburgh, PA
$72,381
9 2021–2024
16
Pittsburgh, PA
$70,996
4 2018–2024
17
Megan Esch
Danville, PA
$69,897
5 2018–2024
18
Katie Walsh
Philadelphia, PA
$66,357
7 2018–2021
19
Philadelphia, PA
$63,572
42 2018–2024
20
Jessica Deffler
Philadelphia, PA
$56,151
2 2021–2022

State payment context — Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program in Pennsylvania

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 3,259 student in an organized health care education/training program providers in Pennsylvania have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $8,550,073 (2018–2024).

The median student in an organized health care education/training program provider in Pennsylvania received $205 in total payments, versus a national median of $209 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in Pennsylvania peaked in 2024, when $2,245,546 changed hands across 20,064 transactions. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. has been the largest single payer over the period, and Philadelphia leads all Pennsylvania cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program providers in Pennsylvania

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $467,662 90 967
Stryker Corporation $421,586 368 3,559
Alphatec Spine, Inc $382,036 5 100
Boston Scientific Corporation $374,597 315 1,866
Medtronic, Inc. $344,062 450 2,411
Foundation Medicine, Inc. $338,493 14 109
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $323,123 140 840
Arthrex, Inc. $275,080 41 531

Industry payments to Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program providers in Pennsylvania by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $551,171 495 5,084
2019 $603,803 632 5,802
2020 $742,641 536 3,606
2021 $987,633 828 6,855
2022 $1,529,024 1,352 11,166
2023 $1,890,255 1,685 14,472
2024 $2,245,546 2,330 20,064

Top Pennsylvania cities for Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Philadelphia $2,296,553 931 15,857
Pittsburgh $1,077,568 578 7,742
Danville $869,823 143 2,198
Hershey $671,390 127 2,092
Wynnewood $528,273 65 2,293
Bethel Park $428,624 5 1,940
Irwin $366,322 1 583
Johnstown $257,224 10 2,291
Methodology Providers filtered to Pennsylvania-licensed student in an organized health care education/training program practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 390200000X) 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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