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Vericel Corporation vs Leadiant Biosciences, 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?

Leadiant Biosciences, Inc. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 2,813, versus 200 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 37.4% 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.

Vericel Corporation
HHI 200 · top recipient 5.4%
Ranked #1,559 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Leadiant Biosciences, Inc.
HHI 2,813 · top recipient 37.4%
Ranked #595 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Total Payments
$1.3M
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
3,339
Avg per Transaction
$402.21
Recipients
3,314
Avg per Recipient
$405.24
Payment Types
8
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee
Total Payments
$1.3M
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
71
Avg per Transaction
$18.9K
Recipients
65
Avg per Recipient
$20.6K
Payment Types
2
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Vericel Corporation vs Leadiant Biosciences, Inc. - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Vericel Corporation$1.3MLeadiant Biosciences, Inc.$1.3M

General Payment Types Breakdown

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

Vericel Corporation

Consulting Fee $530.3K

41.8%

Honoraria $455.6K

35.9%

Food and Beverage $120.0K

9.5%

Travel and Lodging $92.4K

7.3%

Grant $55.5K

4.4%

Charitable Contribution $12.5K

1.0%

Leadiant Biosciences, Inc.

Consulting Fee $5.0K

74.8%

Food and Beverage $1.7K

25.2%

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.

Vericel Corporation

  1. 1

    MATTHEW A TAO

    $68,282.39 · 42 txns

  2. 2

    MICHAEL KUHN

    $62,250.98 · 30 txns

  3. 3

    DERYK JONES

    $56,852.57 · 35 txns

  4. 4

    GRANT GARCIA

    $55,194.18 · 40 txns

  5. 5

    DAVID FLANIGAN

    $51,716.00 · 14 txns

Leadiant Biosciences, Inc.

  1. 1

    AARON MILLER

    $2,500.00 · 1 txns

  2. 2

    MONTE DEL MONTE

    $2,500.00 · 1 txns

  3. 3

    FRANCIS ROSSIGNOL

    $99.71 · 1 txns

  4. 4

    MARK EGGLESTON

    $77.64 · 2 txns

  5. 5

    KIMATHI BLACKWOOD

    $57.76 · 2 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Vericel Corporation Leadiant Biosciences, Inc.
Total Payments $1.3M $1.3M
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 3,339 71
Avg per Transaction $402.21 $18.9K
Recipient Count 3,314 65
Avg per Recipient $405.24 $20.6K
Payment Type Count 8 2
Top Payment Type Consulting Fee 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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