Dilaudid
Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Dilaudid. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.
By year
Payments reported as associated with Dilaudid, per program year, as reported to CMS.
Who makes it
Specialties most often involved
Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.
Clinicians most associated with Dilaudid
These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Dilaudid. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.
| Clinician | Location | Specialty | Associated payments (2023-2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffery Vender | Evanston, IL | Anesthesiology | $20,745.82 |
| Fred Shapiro | Boston, MA | Anesthesiology | $3,522.30 |
| Adrian Gelb | San Francisco, CA | Anesthesiology | $1,200.00 |
| Basem Abdelmalak | Cleveland, OH | Anesthesiology | $1,037.73 |
| Asokumar Buvanendran | Chicago, IL | Interventional Pain Medicine | $750.00 |
| Satya Krishna Ramachandran | Boston, MA | Anesthesiology | $339.59 |
| Joelle Lieman | Brighton, MA | Obstetrics & Gynecology | $144.25 |
| David Kline | Napa, CA | Psychiatry | $137.26 |
| Benjamin Cook | Tampa, FL | Optometrist | $137.26 |
| Daniel Cole | Los Angeles, CA | Anesthesiology | $135.98 |
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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.