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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Merge Healthcare Incorporated

Merge Healthcare Incorporated reported $6,861.28 in payments to 135 physicians and teaching hospitals across 135 transactions.

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$6.9K
Total payments
135
Transactions
135
Recipients
−$6.4K
General Payments vs PY2023

Merge Healthcare Incorporated reported $6,861.28 in payments to 135 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #1685 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.0% of all US industry payments), averaging $50.82 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

Merge Healthcare Incorporated pairs modest payment volume with a broadly spread payment pattern across many recipients.

#1685
of 1,925 companies
0.0%
of all US industry payments
0.1%
paid to its single top recipient
1
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Merge Healthcare Incorporated's CMS-reported General Payments decreased by $6.4K (−48.3%) 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: MERGE HEALTHCARE INCORPORATEDPY2023: MERGE HEALTHCARE INCORPORATEDPY2024: Merge Healthcare Incorporated. 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$13.3KPY2024$6.9K
PY2023
$13,259.04
PY2024
$6,861.28

How Merge Healthcare Incorporated 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.

Merge Healthcare Incorporated's total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$6,861 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 Merge Healthcare Incorporated

$6,861.28: that is what Merge Healthcare Incorporated reported in payments to 135 physicians and teaching hospitals during Program Year 2024, spread across 135 transactions ($50.82 per transaction, $50.82 per recipient). The company sits at rank #1685 of 1,925, a comparatively small 0.0% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.

The 1-category breakdown below covers general payments only (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately). The largest general-payment category is "Food and Beverage" at $6.9K, accounting for 100.0% of the company's reported total and 135 transactions.

General Payment Breakdown by Type

Merge Healthcare Incorporated made 1 types of general payments. "Food and Beverage" is the largest category at $6.9K, 100.0% of the company's reported total.

How Merge Healthcare Incorporated divides its payments

General-payment categories, ordered by reported total

1. Food and Beverage$6.9K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Food and Beverage $6.9K 135

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $2,626.82 (38.3%) of $6,861.28 in this company's General Payments records across 33 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 Merge Healthcare Incorporated

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

Ascension Seton Medical Cent…$705.91Sky Lakes Medical Center$586.17Uhs Hospitals$493.06Marietta Memorial Hospital$428.95Alex Towbin$412.73
  1. 1

    Ascension Seton Medical Center

    $705.91 across 8 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Sky Lakes Medical Center

    $586.17 across 20 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Uhs Hospitals

    $493.06 across 13 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Marietta Memorial Hospital

    $428.95 across 9 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Alex Towbin

    $412.73 across 5 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: $50.82. Average per recipient: $50.82.

Total Amount

$6,861.28

Avg per Transaction

$50.82

Avg per Recipient

$50.82

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

Merge Healthcare Incorporated Share

0.0%

#1685 by total payments

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$6.9K 9 recipients

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$7.0K 17 recipients

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Merge Healthcare Incorporated pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
In Program Year 2024, CMS Open Payments recorded $6,861.28 from Merge Healthcare Incorporated to physicians and hospitals across 135 transactions - 0.0% of all industry payments reported that year.
How many physicians received payments from Merge Healthcare Incorporated? ▾
135 physicians and teaching hospitals received payments from Merge Healthcare Incorporated in 2024, averaging $50.82 per recipient.
What types of payments did Merge Healthcare Incorporated make? ▾
1 categories of general payment make up Merge Healthcare Incorporated's reported activity, including consulting, meals, travel, and similar types. The largest general-payment category was "Food and Beverage" at $6.9K, representing 100.0% of the company's reported total.
How does Merge Healthcare Incorporated rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
By total payment amount, Merge Healthcare Incorporated sits at #1685 of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024.
What is the average payment size from Merge Healthcare Incorporated? ▾
The average transaction from Merge Healthcare Incorporated was $50.82 in 2024. The company made 135 total transactions to 135 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Merge Healthcare Incorporated 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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