Vivus LLC: payments to doctors
Reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act for Open Payments program years 2019–2025. Figures group every CMS reporting entity belonging to this corporate parent.
- Total reported
- $12.7M
- Providers paid
- 8,353
- Transactions
- 23,792
- Average per transaction
- $533
The average per transaction — $533 — is the number worth reading. A large total spread across hundreds of thousands of transactions is a company buying a great many modest meals at educational presentations. A large total across few transactions means consulting, speaking or royalty arrangements with a small number of physicians. The totals alone do not distinguish them.
Where the money went
| State | Total reported | Share |
|---|---|---|
| California | $3,557,402 | 28.0% |
| Texas | $1,487,685 | 11.7% |
| Louisiana | $795,826 | 6.3% |
| Minnesota | $787,879 | 6.2% |
| Florida | $718,934 | 5.7% |
| Kentucky | $557,736 | 4.4% |
| Oklahoma | $403,882 | 3.2% |
| Tennessee | $395,112 | 3.1% |
| Indiana | $389,909 | 3.1% |
| Utah | $387,467 | 3.1% |
| Massachusetts | $338,025 | 2.7% |
| Kansas | $314,812 | 2.5% |
| Arizona | $300,937 | 2.4% |
| Missouri | $287,196 | 2.3% |
| District of Columbia | $273,151 | 2.2% |
| North Carolina | $258,395 | 2.0% |
| New York | $223,723 | 1.8% |
| Virginia | $220,310 | 1.7% |
| Georgia | $202,818 | 1.6% |
| Colorado | $176,852 | 1.4% |
| Illinois | $154,864 | 1.2% |
| Oregon | $98,885 | 0.8% |
| Alabama | $85,699 | 0.7% |
| Maryland | $60,300 | 0.5% |
| New Jersey | $36,719 | 0.3% |
| Montana | $34,535 | 0.3% |
| Ohio | $28,925 | 0.2% |
| Nevada | $20,504 | 0.2% |
| South Carolina | $19,709 | 0.2% |
| Pennsylvania | $18,827 | 0.1% |
| Michigan | $11,784 | 0.1% |
| Connecticut | $7,879 | 0.1% |
| Arkansas | $3,695 | 0.0% |
| Wisconsin | $3,557 | 0.0% |
| Washington | $2,508 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $2,194 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $1,882 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | $1,596 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $1,553 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | $1,463 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $1,418 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $1,376 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $1,375 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | $1,362 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $1,202 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | $1,039 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $829 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $816 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | $813 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $718 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $200 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $156 | 0.0% |
| XX | $53 | 0.0% |
| GU | $27 | 0.0% |