RxDoctor Payments Data

Adam Devore

Internal Medicine · Durham, NCNPI 1558560987

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (57.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) at 44.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $29,065 and has fallen 67.7% since, to $9,378 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$111,825in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 147 payments — averaging $760.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$50K
  • AstraZeneca$13K
  • Abiomed$12K
  • Novartis$9K
  • Livanova USA, Inc.$9K
  • Novo Nordisk$9K
  • plus $9K from 5 others
$11,720,959in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 14 payments — averaging $837,211 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Novartis$11.4M
  • Astrazeneca UK Limited$287K
  • Amgen$32K
  • ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$3K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$40,68436%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$64,33058%
  • Travel & lodging$3,9504%
  • Food & beverage$2,8473%
  • Education$140%

General payments by program year

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Who reported the general payments

Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.

What the payments were tied to

Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.

How this compares

$111,825 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,302 internal medicine providers in North Carolina.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$99,334
Medicare patients
379
Services billed
1,260

What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan279$296,556
EliquisApixaban278$243,891
JardianceEmpagliflozin237$233,448
Tacrolimus950$148,905
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol64$77,956
CresembaIsavuconazonium Sulfate11$67,234
Sirolimus158$52,976
XareltoRivaroxaban35$47,848
Mycophenolate Mofetil396$38,796
PrografTacrolimus45$36,013
Cyclosporine ModifiedCyclosporine, Modified132$26,320
Envarsus XrTacrolimus29$25,346
Valganciclovir Hcl128$19,924
Mycophenolic AcidMycophenolate Sodium70$18,025
OzempicSemaglutide20$17,112

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
NovartisEntresto$9,362$296,556279 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma$13,403$91,82476 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$8,908$17,11220 claims
AmgenCorlanor$3,156$8,49119 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 3,302 internal medicine providers in North Carolina.

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