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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

American Rheumatology Network, LLC

American Rheumatology Network, LLC reported $15,919,952.40 in payments to 12 physicians and teaching hospitals across 18 transactions.

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$15.9M
Total payments
18
Transactions
12
Recipients
−$9.0K
General Payments vs PY2023

American Rheumatology Network, LLC reported $15,919,952.40 in payments to 12 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #119 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.1% of all US industry payments), averaging $1.3M per recipient across 2 payment categories. Figures are company-reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act; a reported payment is a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing.

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Compiled from official public sources by the editorial team.

The verdict

American Rheumatology Network, LLC pairs top-10% payment volume with a moderately concentrated payment pattern.

#119
of 1,925 companies
0.1%
of all US industry payments
0.5%
paid to its single top recipient
2
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

American Rheumatology Network, LLC's CMS-reported General Payments decreased by $9.0K (−0.3%) from PY2023 to PY2024. The comparison uses the same CMS manufacturer-by-payment-category summary for both years and excludes research and ownership or investment records.

CMS source labels for this exact identifier: PY2022: AMERICAN RHEUMATOLOGY NETWORK, LLCPY2023: AMERICAN RHEUMATOLOGY NETWORK, LLCPY2024: American Rheumatology Network, LLC. Matching identifiers support a bounded record comparison; a label difference would be reported as unresolved rather than treated as a corporate event.

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General Payments: PY2023 vs PY2024

Annual CMS-reported totals for this company, not an all-category Open Payments total

PY2023$2.8MPY2024$2.8M
PY2023
$2,810,550.47
PY2024
$2,801,556.80

How American Rheumatology Network, LLC ranks nationally

Where this company's total reported payments fall within the full national distribution of all 1,925 companies in CMS Open Payments, not just its nearest peers.

American Rheumatology Network, LLC's total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$15,919,952 Top 6% higher than 94% of 1,925 reporting companies

$9–$28: 3 reporting companies (0%). Below this entry. $28–$87: 10 reporting companies (1%). Below this entry. $87–$270: 20 reporting companies (1%). Below this entry. $270–$838: 41 reporting companies (2%). Below this entry. $838–$2,603: 76 reporting companies (4%). Below this entry. $2,603–$8,084: 114 reporting companies (6%). Below this entry. $8,084–$25,112: 167 reporting companies (9%). Below this entry. $25,112–$78,003: 249 reporting companies (13%). Below this entry. $78,003–$242,294: 295 reporting companies (15%). Below this entry. $242,294–$752,621: 270 reporting companies (14%). Below this entry. $752,621–$2,337,813: 263 reporting companies (14%). Below this entry. $2,337,813–$7,261,783: 200 reporting companies (10%). Below this entry. $7,261,783–$22,556,757: 133 reporting companies (7%). This entry sits in this band. $22,556,757–$70,066,439: 45 reporting companies (2%). Above this entry. $70,066,439–$217,642,369: 26 reporting companies (1%). Above this entry. $217,642,369–$676,046,922: 13 reporting companies (1%). Above this entry. This company $9 $676,046,922 every reporting company, bucketed by value

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Source CMS Open Payments · 2024

What the Data Shows for American Rheumatology Network, LLC

In Program Year 2024, American Rheumatology Network, LLC reported $15,919,952.40 in payments to 12 physicians and teaching hospitals across 18 individual transactions, an average of $884.4K per transaction and $1.3M per recipient. That total places American Rheumatology Network, LLC at rank #119 out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database, representing 0.1% of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.

1 transactions worth $1.5M make "Acquisitions" the top general-payment category in the 2-category breakdown below, 9.4% of the reported total (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately).

General Payment Breakdown by Type

American Rheumatology Network, LLC made 2 types of general payments. "Acquisitions" is the largest category at $1.5M, 9.4% of the company's reported total.

How American Rheumatology Network, LLC divides its payments

How the reported total splits across payment categories

1. Acquisitions$1.5M2. Consulting Fee$1.3M
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Acquisitions $1.5M 1
Consulting Fee $1.3M 11

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $2,685,485.37 (95.9%) of $2,801,556.80 in this company's General Payments records across 6 recipients. This is a CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 General Payments view only: it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it is not the all-category company total above.

Largest General-Payment relationships for American Rheumatology Network, LLC

The five named recipients with the highest reported General Payments from this company

Colin Edgerton$1.5MClarence Legerton$432.6KGary Fink$432.6KWilliam Edwards$204.1KGregory Niemer$116.1K
  1. 1

    Colin Edgerton

    $1,500,000.00 across 1 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Clarence Legerton

    $432,646.53 across 3 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Gary Fink

    $432,646.53 across 3 reported transactions

  4. 4

    William Edwards

    $204,120.88 across 3 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Gregory Niemer

    $116,071.43 across 1 reported transactions

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Payment Size Analysis

Average transaction size: $884.4K. Average per recipient: $1.3M.

Total Amount

$15,919,952.40

Avg per Transaction

$884.4K

Avg per Recipient

$1.3M

Payment Transparency Context

What is the Sunshine Act?

The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to report payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. These payments can include consulting fees, research grants, speaker fees, food and beverages, travel, royalties, and other forms of compensation.

Industry Total (2024)

$13.9B

across 1,925 companies

American Rheumatology Network, LLC Share

0.1%

#119 by total payments

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did American Rheumatology Network, LLC pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
0.1% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments for 2024 came from American Rheumatology Network, LLC, totaling $15,919,952.40 across 18 transactions to physicians and hospitals.
How many physicians received payments from American Rheumatology Network, LLC? ▾
Averaging $1.3M per recipient, American Rheumatology Network, LLC's 2024 payments reached 12 physicians and teaching hospitals.
What types of payments did American Rheumatology Network, LLC make? ▾
2 categories of general payment make up American Rheumatology Network, LLC's reported activity, including consulting, meals, travel, and similar types. The largest general-payment category was "Acquisitions" at $1.5M, representing 9.4% of the company's reported total.
How does American Rheumatology Network, LLC rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
Out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024, American Rheumatology Network, LLC ranks #119 by total payment amount.
What is the average payment size from American Rheumatology Network, LLC? ▾
The average transaction from American Rheumatology Network, LLC was $884.4K in 2024. The company made 18 total transactions to 12 recipients.
Where does the payment data for American Rheumatology Network, LLC come from? ▾
This data comes from the CMS Open Payments program (Sunshine Act), which requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to report payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data covers Program Year 2024.

Data Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments, Program Year 2024. Data includes general payments, research payments, and physician ownership/investment interests as required by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Total industry payments: $13.9B across 1,925 companies.

Data sourced from CMS Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act). See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPharmaWatch Editorial
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