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Biotronik Inc. vs Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
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Which recorded payment profile is more concentrated?
Biotronik Inc. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 102, versus 33 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 6.0% 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.
- Biotronik Inc.
- HHI 102 · top recipient 6.0%
- Ranked #1,689 of 1,838 companies by HHI
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
- HHI 33 · top recipient 2.1%
- Ranked #1,795 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Payment Overview
Biotronik Inc.
- Total Payments
- $4.5M
- % of Industry
- 0.0%
- Transactions
- 15,086
- Avg per Transaction
- $300.56
- Recipients
- 10,399
- Avg per Recipient
- $436.03
- Payment Types
- 9
- Top Payment Type
- Debt Forgiveness
- Total Payments
- $4.4M
- % of Industry
- 0.0%
- Transactions
- 161,040
- Avg per Transaction
- $27.32
- Recipients
- 161,040
- Avg per Recipient
- $27.32
- Payment Types
- 7
- Top Payment Type
- Food and Beverage
Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.
Total payments compared
Biotronik Inc. vs Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024
General Payment Types Breakdown
Category shares use each company's General Payments total, not the all-tracks (General + Research + Ownership) hero figure.
Biotronik Inc.
36.8%
19.7%
17.4%
9.5%
8.4%
5.9%
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
64.4%
19.6%
8.8%
3.3%
2.1%
1.7%
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.
Biotronik Inc.
- 1
Bayonne Medical Center
$147,601.05 · 24 txns
- 2
RON WAKSMAN
$118,497.87 · 10 txns
- 3
Scripps Green Hospital
$40,921.07 · 17 txns
- 4
GAURAV UPADHYAY
$38,705.15 · 7 txns
- 5
Washington Hospital Center
$35,000.00 · 4 txns
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
- 1
EILEEN M ALMON
$91,920.00 · 4 txns
- 2
CONAR FITTON
$88,563.37 · 120 txns
- 3
ARUN JESUDIAN
$82,886.63 · 95 txns
- 4
APURVA MODI
$76,809.06 · 100 txns
- 5
KRISTEN MARIE LERVIK
$68,940.00 · 3 txns
Summary Comparison
| Metric | Biotronik Inc. | Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC |
|---|---|---|
| Total Payments | $4.5M | $4.4M |
| % of Industry Total | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Transaction Count | 15,086 | 161,040 |
| Avg per Transaction | $300.56 | $27.32 |
| Recipient Count | 10,399 | 161,040 |
| Avg per Recipient | $436.03 | $27.32 |
| Payment Type Count | 9 | 7 |
| Top Payment Type | Debt Forgiveness | Food and Beverage |
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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