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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Epien Medical, Inc.

Epien Medical, Inc. reported $6,975.00 in payments to 6 physicians and teaching hospitals across 6 transactions.

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$7.0K
Total payments
6
Transactions
6
Recipients
+$1.1K
General Payments vs PY2023

Epien Medical, Inc. reported $6,975.00 in payments to 6 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #1680 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.0% of all US industry payments), averaging $1.2K per recipient across 1 payment categories. Figures are company-reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act; a reported payment is a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing.

Data currency: Figures are rendered from the processed CMS Open Payments release. See our methodology for source dates and refresh cadence. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial team.

The verdict

Epien Medical, Inc. pairs modest payment volume with a concentrated payment pattern focused on a handful of top recipients.

#1680
of 1,925 companies
0.0%
of all US industry payments
0.8%
paid to its single top recipient
1
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Epien Medical, Inc.'s CMS-reported General Payments increased by $1.1K (+18.7%) 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: EPIEN MEDICAL, INC.PY2023: EPIEN MEDICAL, INC.PY2024: Epien Medical, Inc.. 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$5.9KPY2024$7.0K
PY2023
$5,876.73
PY2024
$6,975.00

How Epien Medical, Inc. 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.

Epien Medical, Inc.'s total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$6,975 13th percentile higher than 13% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $8,084–$25,112: 167 reporting companies (9%). Above this entry. $25,112–$78,003: 249 reporting companies (13%). Above this entry. $78,003–$242,294: 295 reporting companies (15%). Above this entry. $242,294–$752,621: 270 reporting companies (14%). Above this entry. $752,621–$2,337,813: 263 reporting companies (14%). Above this entry. $2,337,813–$7,261,783: 200 reporting companies (10%). Above this entry. $7,261,783–$22,556,757: 133 reporting companies (7%). Above this entry. $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 Epien Medical, Inc.

Rank #1680 of 1,925 companies in CMS Open Payments for 2024 belongs to Epien Medical, Inc., which reported $6,975.00 across 6 transactions to 6 recipients - a comparatively small 0.0% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year. Averages work out to $1.2K per transaction and $1.2K per recipient.

6 transactions worth $7.0K make "Consulting Fee" the top general-payment category in the 1-category breakdown below, 100.0% of the reported total (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately).

General Payment Breakdown by Type

"Consulting Fee" leads Epien Medical, Inc.'s 1-category general-payment breakdown at $7.0K, 100.0% of the reported total.

How Epien Medical, Inc. divides its payments

Ranked by total dollars reported per category

1. Consulting Fee$7.0K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Consulting Fee $7.0K 6

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $6,975.00 (100.0%) of $6,975.00 in this company's General Payments records across 2 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 Epien Medical, Inc.

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

Sam Shamardi$5.5KSamuel B Low$1.5K
  1. 1

    Sam Shamardi

    $5,475.00 across 5 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Samuel B Low

    $1,500.00 across 1 reported transactions

Compare this company's payment profile with similarly sized manufacturers in the company comparison tool, and consult the methodology for the CMS source scope.

Payment Size Analysis

Average transaction size: $1.2K. Average per recipient: $1.2K.

Total Amount

$6,975.00

Avg per Transaction

$1.2K

Avg per Recipient

$1.2K

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

Epien Medical, Inc. Share

0.0%

#1680 by total payments

Companies with Similar Payment Volumes

Pharmaceutical companies with payment totals similar to Epien Medical, Inc.

Atland Pharmaceuticals, LLC

$7.0K 220 recipients

Nonin Medical, Inc.

$7.0K 17 recipients

Spirus Medical LLC

$6.9K 9 recipients

VisionRT, Inc.

$6.9K 35 recipients

Encision Inc

$7.1K 19 recipients

Merge Healthcare Incorporated

$6.9K 135 recipients

Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Epien Medical, Inc. pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
0.0% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments for 2024 came from Epien Medical, Inc., totaling $6,975.00 across 6 transactions to physicians and hospitals.
How many physicians received payments from Epien Medical, Inc.? ▾
Averaging $1.2K per recipient, Epien Medical, Inc.'s 2024 payments reached 6 physicians and teaching hospitals.
What types of payments did Epien Medical, Inc. make? ▾
1 categories of general payment make up Epien Medical, Inc.'s reported activity, including consulting, meals, travel, and similar types. The largest general-payment category was "Consulting Fee" at $7.0K, representing 100.0% of the company's reported total.
How does Epien Medical, Inc. rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
By total payment amount, Epien Medical, Inc. sits at #1680 of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024.
What is the average payment size from Epien Medical, Inc.? ▾
Epien Medical, Inc.'s 6 transactions to 6 recipients in 2024 averaged $1.2K per transaction.
Where does the payment data for Epien Medical, Inc. 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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