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Forthright Medical-AZ, LLC vs Biocodex, 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?

Forthright Medical-AZ, LLC has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 2,052, versus 832 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 36.1% 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.

Forthright Medical-AZ, LLC
HHI 2,052 · top recipient 36.1%
Ranked #741 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Biocodex, Inc.
HHI 832 · top recipient 26.7%
Ranked #1,102 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Total Payments
$24.7K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
251
Avg per Transaction
$98.61
Recipients
251
Avg per Recipient
$98.61
Payment Types
3
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee
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Biocodex, Inc.

Total Payments
$25.0K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
333
Avg per Transaction
$75.01
Recipients
333
Avg per Recipient
$75.01
Payment Types
3
Top Payment Type
Food and Beverage

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Forthright Medical-AZ, LLC vs Biocodex, Inc. - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Biocodex, Inc.$25.0KForthright Medical-AZ, LLC$24.7K

General Payment Types Breakdown

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

Forthright Medical-AZ, LLC

Consulting Fee $13.4K

54.1%

Food and Beverage $9.6K

38.7%

Entertainment $1.8K

7.2%

Biocodex, Inc.

Food and Beverage $16.4K

65.6%

Consulting Fee $7.4K

29.6%

Travel and Lodging $1.2K

4.8%

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.

Forthright Medical-AZ, LLC

  1. 1

    RACHEL GERBER

    $8,933.35 · 8 txns

  2. 2

    JEFFREY MCALISTER

    $4,864.25 · 74 txns

  3. 3

    JASON KAYCE

    $4,227.32 · 9 txns

  4. 4

    RAMEZ SAKKAB

    $1,661.58 · 31 txns

  5. 5

    MARTA RINIKER

    $861.02 · 12 txns

Biocodex, Inc.

  1. 1

    JAMIE WHELESS

    $6,681.39 · 17 txns

  2. 2

    MARY LYNN ZUPANC

    $2,274.00 · 1 txns

  3. 3

    MICHAEL CHEZ

    $458.58 · 6 txns

  4. 4

    SCOTT D PERRY

    $455.58 · 8 txns

  5. 5

    RAMAN SANKAR

    $387.26 · 3 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Forthright Medical-AZ, LLC Biocodex, Inc.
Total Payments $24.7K $25.0K
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 251 333
Avg per Transaction $98.61 $75.01
Recipient Count 251 333
Avg per Recipient $98.61 $75.01
Payment Type Count 3 3
Top Payment Type Consulting Fee 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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