RxDoctor Payments Data

Bernard Drexinger, MD

Neurology · Cumming, GANPI 1407849888

Payments from drug & device makers

$5,493in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 294 payments — averaging $18.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$775
  • Pfizer$428
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$317
  • MDD US Operations, LLC$278
  • Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC$252
  • Harmony Biosciences LLC$236
  • plus $3K from 52 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$2004%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$190%
  • Food & beverage$5,17394%
  • Education$1002%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)52$775
Pfizer28$428
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.11$317
MDD US Operations, LLC13$278
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC14$252
Harmony Biosciences LLC7$236
UCB, Inc.12$232
Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$200
CSL Behring12$196
Biogen8$177
Lundbeck LLC6$144
Lilly USA, LLC8$136
Argenx US, Inc.7$132
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8$121
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.5$117
Sanofi6$101
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC6$101
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.7$99
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.10$96
Amgen6$93
GE HealthCare3$84
AstraZeneca(2 entities)5$81
Eisai Inc.4$79
Octapharma USA, Inc.3$64
Medtronic1$60
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc3$58
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.3$54
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.3$51
EMD Serono, Inc.3$43
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc2$36
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.2$35
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$35
Grifols USA, LLC2$35
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$34
Neurelis, Inc.2$32
Novartis2$32
Avion Pharmaceuticals2$32
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$30
Livanova USA, Inc.2$29
Johnson & Johnson1$28
Boston Scientific1$24
Genentech USA, Inc.1$24
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.1$23
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$22
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.1$22
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$22
Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$20
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.1$19
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc1$19
Linus Health, Inc.1$19
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$18
Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc1$18
Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$16
Forte Bio-pharma LLC1$16
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc1$14
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$14
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.1$13
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, 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.

How this compares

$5,493 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 506 neurology providers in Georgia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$186,674
Medicare patients
600
Services billed
3,523

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
GocovriAmantadine Hcl13$43,758
BriviactBrivaracetam12$15,967
KeppraLevetiracetam17$14,259
VimpatLacosamide11$11,347
Depakote ErDivalproex Sodium11$8,621
RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa11$8,091
Depakote SprinkleDivalproex Sodium11$5,105
Rasagiline Mesylate35$5,035
DilantinPhenytoin Sodium Extended13$4,835
Levetiracetam110$3,113
Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine14$2,868
Oxcarbazepine32$2,063
Gabapentin156$1,996
Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine68$1,695
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa118$1,675

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
MDD US Operations, LLCGocovri$278$43,75813 claims
UCB, Inc.Briviact, Vimpat$232$27,31423 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary, Pyridostigmine Bromide$252$9,43828 claims
PfizerDilantin$428$4,83513 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$101$60997 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 65th percentile of 506 neurology providers in Georgia.

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