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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Vital Connect, Inc

Vital Connect, Inc reported $1,503,319.33 in payments to 832 physicians and teaching hospitals across 845 transactions.

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$1.5M
Total payments
845
Transactions
832
Recipients
−$1.1M
General Payments vs PY2023

Vital Connect, Inc reported $1,503,319.33 in payments to 832 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #525 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.0% of all US industry payments), averaging $1.8K 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.

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

Vital Connect, Inc pairs above-median payment volume with a concentrated payment pattern focused on a handful of top recipients.

#525
of 1,925 companies
0.0%
of all US industry payments
0.8%
paid to its single top recipient
2
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Vital Connect, Inc's CMS-reported General Payments decreased by $1.1M (−88.6%) 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: VITAL CONNECT, INCPY2023: VITAL CONNECT, INCPY2024: Vital Connect, 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$1.2MPY2024$141.5K
PY2023
$1,242,898.49
PY2024
$141,535.62

How Vital Connect, 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.

Vital Connect, Inc's total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$1,503,319 Top 27% higher than 73% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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 Vital Connect, Inc

Vital Connect, Inc ranks #525 out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for Program Year 2024, a comparatively small 0.0% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year. The underlying total is $1,503,319.33 across 845 transactions to 832 physicians and teaching hospitals - $1.8K per transaction and $1.8K per recipient on average.

14 transactions worth $118.8K make "Consulting Fee" the top general-payment category in the 2-category breakdown below, 7.9% of the reported total (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately).

General Payment Breakdown by Type

Across 2 types of general payments, Vital Connect, Inc's largest category was "Consulting Fee" at $118.8K - 7.9% of the company's reported total.

How Vital Connect, Inc divides its payments

General-payment categories, ordered by reported total

1. Consulting Fee$118.8K2. Food and Beverage$22.7K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Consulting Fee $118.8K 14
Food and Beverage $22.7K 818

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $120,034.35 (84.8%) of $141,535.62 in this company's General Payments records across 639 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 Vital Connect, Inc

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

Dennis Sheehan$118.8KJon Grammes$369.76Alan Blaker$328.23Bhudev Sharma$251.06Anil Om$239.85
  1. 1

    Dennis Sheehan

    $118,845.45 across 14 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Jon Grammes

    $369.76 across 4 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Alan Blaker

    $328.23 across 6 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Bhudev Sharma

    $251.06 across 5 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Anil Om

    $239.85 across 4 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: $1.8K. Average per recipient: $1.8K.

Total Amount

$1,503,319.33

Avg per Transaction

$1.8K

Avg per Recipient

$1.8K

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

Vital Connect, Inc Share

0.0%

#525 by total payments

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Vital Connect, Inc pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
Vital Connect, Inc made $1,503,319.33 in payments to physicians and hospitals in Program Year 2024, across 845 individual transactions. This represents 0.0% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments.
How many physicians received payments from Vital Connect, Inc? ▾
Vital Connect, Inc made payments to 832 physicians and teaching hospitals in 2024. The average payment per recipient was $1.8K.
What types of payments did Vital Connect, Inc make? ▾
General payments from Vital Connect, Inc span 2 distinct categories, covering things like consulting, meals, and travel. The largest general-payment category was "Consulting Fee" at $118.8K, representing 7.9% of the company's reported total.
How does Vital Connect, Inc rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
Vital Connect, Inc ranks #525 out of 1,925 companies by total payment amount in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024.
What is the average payment size from Vital Connect, Inc? ▾
The average transaction from Vital Connect, Inc was $1.8K in 2024. The company made 845 total transactions to 832 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Vital Connect, 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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