Ben Back, PA
Medical · Hazard, KYNPI 1619942562
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 34 payments — averaging $18.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$86
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$79
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$77
- AbbVie$75
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$64
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$35
- plus $207 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$624100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $86 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 5 | $79 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $77 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $75 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $31 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $30 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$624 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 222 medical providers in Kentucky.
Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 113 | $68,753 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 61 | $57,474 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 73 | $41,438 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 50 | $29,770 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 49 | $28,378 |
| EliquisApixaban | 46 | $23,823 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 37 | $21,750 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 21 | $21,386 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 24 | $17,917 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 56 | $15,111 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 14 | $14,452 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 36 | $12,812 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 24 | $9,210 |
| InvokanaCanagliflozin | 12 | $6,625 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 11 | $6,565 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Bevespi Aerosphere | $17 | $79,698135 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $30 | $57,47461 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $16 | $41,43873 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $75 | $28,37849 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Invokana | $86 | $28,37549 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 45th percentile of 222 medical providers in Kentucky.
Other medical in Hazard
- Terry SmithHazard$10K
- Mikal BaileyPaducah$84K
- Kyle HeraldBowling Green$65K
- Chasity HesterLexington$16K
- Alexandra HuettLouisville$13K
- Danny ThackerFrankfort$11K
- Jessica FrizzellPaducah$10K
- Ashley HenegarGeorgetown$10K
- Rachel CrowleyPaducah$8K
- Allison ScottLexington$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.