Brent Black
Internal Medicine · Port Charlotte, FLNPI 1710927835
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 155 payments — averaging $17.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$263
- Pfizer$238
- GSK$217
- AbbVie$176
- Merck$165
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$164
- plus $1K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,713100%
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 | 14 | $263 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $238 |
| GSK | 13 | $217 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $176 |
| Merck | 11 | $165 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $164 |
| Novartis | 9 | $134 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $129 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $122 |
| Amgen | 8 | $119 |
| GE HealthCare | 5 | $116 |
| Bayer | 5 | $114 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $100 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $87 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $64 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $58 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $41 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $30 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $21 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $18 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $15 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
| Biogen | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$2,713 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 21 | $33,072 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 11 | $15,784 |
| Potassium Chloride | 30 | $9,238 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 14 | $5,056 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 151 | $2,846 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 256 | $2,693 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 117 | $1,751 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 119 | $1,431 |
| Lisinopril | 124 | $1,041 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 55 | $989 |
| Omeprazole | 65 | $987 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 12 | $977 |
| Losartan Potassium | 101 | $975 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 75 | $929 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 177 | $877 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $238 | $33,07221 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $122 | $15,78411 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $17 | $34727 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 80th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
Other internal medicine in Port Charlotte
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- Mark KutnerMiami$35.7M
- Gilberto JimenezHialeah$35.6M
- Mira BaronWest Palm Beach$29.6M
- William SanchezHialeah$28.9M
- Nelia Sanchez-CrespoHollywood$28.8M
- Kwabena AyesuOrlando$27.6M
- Michael DeverWindermere$24M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.