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B. Braun Medical Inc. vs Kyowa Kirin Services Ltd

Side-by-side comparison of CMS Open Payments data for Program Year 2024. Select different companies below to start a new comparison.

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Which recorded payment profile is more concentrated?

Kyowa Kirin Services Ltd has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 2,718, versus 975 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 0.3% of that company's General Payments recipient total.

HHI summarizes how payments are distributed across recorded recipients: higher means a less evenly distributed recipient pattern. This is a description of CMS-reported General Payments only, not a finding about conduct, prescribing, quality, or wrongdoing. Read it with the recipient count and underlying records below.

B. Braun Medical Inc.
HHI 975 · top recipient 0.2%
Ranked #1,041 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Kyowa Kirin Services Ltd
HHI 2,718 · top recipient 0.3%
Ranked #613 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Total Payments
$221.2K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
87
Avg per Transaction
$2.5K
Recipients
87
Avg per Recipient
$2.5K
Payment Types
6
Top Payment Type
Debt Forgiveness
Total Payments
$221.8K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
106
Avg per Transaction
$2.1K
Recipients
18
Avg per Recipient
$12.3K
Payment Types
3
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

B. Braun Medical Inc. vs Kyowa Kirin Services Ltd - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Kyowa Kirin Services Ltd$221.8KB. Braun Medical Inc.$221.2K

Payment Types Breakdown

B. Braun Medical Inc.

Debt Forgiveness $123.1K

55.7%

Charitable Contribution $60.0K

27.1%

Consulting Fee $30.1K

13.6%

Grant $4.0K

1.8%

Travel and Lodging $2.5K

1.1%

Food and Beverage $1.5K

0.7%

Kyowa Kirin Services Ltd

Consulting Fee $23.0K

10.4%

Travel and Lodging $1.3K

0.6%

Food and Beverage $407.92

0.2%

Top 5 General-Payment Recipients

This list uses CMS detailed General Payments records only; it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it does not equal the all-category totals above. A reported payment documents a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing; a higher total reflects reporting volume, not conduct. Verify directly at openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

B. Braun Medical Inc.

  1. 1

    NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM

    $35,794.60 · 1 txns

  2. 2

    LEHIGH VALLEY

    $30,000.00 · 1 txns

  3. 3

    ST. LUKES HOSPITAL

    $30,000.00 · 1 txns

  4. 4

    ST CHRISTOPHERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDR

    $27,325.17 · 1 txns

  5. 5

    ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER

    $18,221.60 · 1 txns

Kyowa Kirin Services Ltd

  1. 1

    KATHRYN DAHIR

    $7,960.79 · 4 txns

  2. 2

    SUZANNE JAN DE BEUR

    $7,428.00 · 2 txns

  3. 3

    ERIK IMEL

    $6,442.06 · 9 txns

  4. 4

    KARL INSOGNA

    $2,392.50 · 2 txns

  5. 5

    DAVID DROVER

    $490.00 · 1 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric B. Braun Medical Inc. Kyowa Kirin Services Ltd
Total Payments $221.2K $221.8K
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 87 106
Avg per Transaction $2.5K $2.1K
Recipient Count 87 18
Avg per Recipient $2.5K $12.3K
Payment Type Count 6 3
Top Payment Type Debt Forgiveness Consulting Fee

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. All companies in the CMS Open Payments company corpus are available in the selector. Browse all companies →

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