---
title: What industry pays physicians in Rhode Island (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Rhode Island
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 6725395
physicians: 3031
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Rhode Island (2024)

In Rhode Island, drug and device makers reported **$6,725,395** in general payments to **3,031** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $2,219 each), plus $25,591,194 tied to research and $207,981 in ownership interests.

**A payment is a disclosed financial tie, not proof of wrongdoing** — many are research grants, consulting fees, or device royalties. Transparency, not a verdict.

## Top specialties

| Specialty | Total | Physicians | Mean per physician |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | $767,821 | 91 | $8,438 |
| Internal Medicine | $638,618 | 316 | $2,021 |
| Psychiatry | $605,751 | 55 | $11,014 |
| Gastroenterology | $401,934 | 52 | $7,730 |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health | $234,411 | 124 | $1,890 |
| Family Medicine | $227,171 | 86 | $2,642 |
| Physician Assistant | $224,606 | 187 | $1,201 |
| Allergy | $194,038 | 2 | $97,019 |
| Neurology | $186,714 | 37 | $5,046 |
| Optometrist | $175,423 | 160 | $1,096 |
| Allergy & Immunology | $166,082 | 3 | $55,361 |
| Interventional Cardiology | $153,814 | 18 | $8,545 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| William Beliveau | Internal Medicine | $459,273 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Richard Miller | Psychiatry | $224,266 | Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. |
| John Zwetchkenbaum | Allergy | $193,327 | Cipla USA Inc. |
| Robert Marchand | Orthopaedic Surgery | $191,646 | Stryker Corporation |
| Alan Daniels | Orthopaedic Surgery | $184,999 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| James Greer | Psychiatry | $178,460 | Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. |
| Russell Settipane | Allergy & Immunology | $162,931 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |
| Samantha Shawn Marsh | Psychiatric/Mental Health | $162,567 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Robert Bierwirth | Gastroenterology | $129,131 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. |
| Arnold-Peter Weiss | Hand Surgery | $118,837 | Anika Therapeutics, Inc. |
| Sarah Beatrice | Gerontology | $113,907 | Galderma Laboratories, L.P. |
| Jennifer Geremia | Physician Assistant | $108,147 | AbbVie Inc. |
| David Caldarella | Primary Podiatric Medicine | $106,291 | Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC |
| Gina La Prova | Family Medicine | $104,537 | CSL Plasma Inc. |
| Paul Akerman | Gastroenterology | $103,122 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Warren Ong | Psychiatry | $98,532 | ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) |
| Michael Bradley | Orthopaedic Surgery | $97,695 | FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc |
| Andrew Rosenzweig | Geriatric Psychiatry | $90,949 | Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. |
| Stephen Salloway | Neurology | $90,047 | Lilly USA, LLC |
| Peter Soukas | Interventional Cardiology | $89,396 | Boston Scientific Corporation |
| Christopher Digiovanni | Foot and Ankle Surgery | $85,642 | Extremity Medical |
| Kriti Bhagat | Optometrist | $72,355 | Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. |
| Thomas Sepe | Gastroenterology | $70,781 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
| Mark Zimmerman | Psychiatry | $67,776 | ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) |
| Wilfredo Giordano-Perez | Family Medicine | $66,237 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. |

RECORDED CMS Open Payments amounts/counts; totals, means, and rankings are DERIVED. A disclosure record — not evidence of improper influence, not a measure of physician quality, not advice. To verify a physician, search openpaymentsdata.cms.gov. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

Structured data: `/care/open-payments/ri.jsonld` · National: `/care/open-payments`