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Ferring International Pharmascience Center US vs Caldera Medical, Inc

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?

Ferring International Pharmascience Center US has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 5,546, versus 177 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 66.5% 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.

Ferring International Pharmascience Center US
HHI 5,546 · top recipient 66.5%
Ranked #299 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Caldera Medical, Inc
HHI 177 · top recipient 5.2%
Ranked #1,583 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Total Payments
$116.6K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
24
Avg per Transaction
$4.9K
Recipients
3
Avg per Recipient
$38.9K
Payment Types
1
Top Payment Type
Food and Beverage
Total Payments
$117.1K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
1,085
Avg per Transaction
$107.92
Recipients
1,085
Avg per Recipient
$107.92
Payment Types
3
Top Payment Type
Food and Beverage

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Ferring International Pharmascience Center US vs Caldera Medical, Inc - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Caldera Medical, Inc$117.1KFerring International Pharm…$116.6K

General Payment Types Breakdown

Category shares use each company's General Payments total, not the all-tracks (General + Research + Ownership) hero figure.

Ferring International Pharmascience Center US

Food and Beverage $282.61

100.0%

Caldera Medical, Inc

Food and Beverage $71.9K

61.4%

Consulting Fee $38.0K

32.4%

Travel and Lodging $7.2K

6.1%

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.

Ferring International Pharmascience Center US

  1. 1

    BENJAMIN LEADER

    $187.99 · 2 txns

  2. 2

    MICHAEL ALPER

    $94.62 · 1 txns

Caldera Medical, Inc

  1. 1

    RICHARD FARNAM

    $6,102.73 · 25 txns

  2. 2

    ROGER DMOCHOWSKI

    $6,000.00 · 1 txns

  3. 3

    PAUL PETTIT

    $5,600.00 · 2 txns

  4. 4

    BRENT PARNELL

    $5,584.20 · 13 txns

  5. 5

    MEGAN SNEED

    $5,286.29 · 6 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Ferring International Pharmascience Center US Caldera Medical, Inc
Total Payments $116.6K $117.1K
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 24 1,085
Avg per Transaction $4.9K $107.92
Recipient Count 3 1,085
Avg per Recipient $38.9K $107.92
Payment Type Count 1 3
Top Payment Type Food and Beverage 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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