Alan Forshey
Family Medicine · Newton, NCNPI 1679542807
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.7% of the total across 118 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 25.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $926 and has fallen 71.6% since, to $263 in 2021.
Across 118 payments — averaging $13.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$402
- Amgen$233
- Johnson & Johnson$203
- Pfizer$126
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$77
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$75
- plus $446 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,51097%
- Education$50%
- Gifts$463%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 41 | $402 |
| Amgen | 18 | $233 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $203 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $126 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $77 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $75 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $64 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $64 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $53 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| GSK | 2 | $36 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $35 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.p. | 1 | $14 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- INVOKANA$106
How this compares
$1,561 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other family medicine in Newton
- William CromwellRaleigh$879K
- Steve VacalisGastonia$693K
- David DundeeWinston Salem$633K
- Kevin SodenCharlotte$558K
- Brian ForrestApex$398K
- Joseph KonenCharlotte$322K
- Richard RachimaCharlotte$294K
- Dimitrios HondrosCharlotte$275K
- Domingo Rodriguez-CueGarner$253K
- Christopher ChaoCary$201K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.