Brian Johnson, MD
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery · Norfolk, VANPI 1033630330
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (38.6%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 81.2% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $14,518, more than ten times the $190 reported in 2022. Among mohs-micrographic surgery clinicians in VA 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.
Across 122 payments — averaging $133.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$13K
- AbbVie$870
- Amgen$429
- Novartis$416
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$346
- Sanofi$268
- plus $741 from 13 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $1139.73 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.
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$16K
- Pfizer$2K
- Novartis$477
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,30039%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,18838%
- Travel & lodging$500%
- Food & beverage$3,63122%
- Education$1721%
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 | 14 | $13,271 |
| AbbVie | 35 | $870 |
| Amgen | 18 | $429 |
| Novartis | 15 | $416 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 3 | $346 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $268 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 9 | $219 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $177 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $47 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $42 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $3 |
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
$16,341 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 36 mohs-micrographic surgery providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OtezlaApremilast | 11 | $68,591 |
| Ketoconazole | 148 | $3,674 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 96 | $3,553 |
| Fluorouracil | 38 | $2,999 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 67 | $1,879 |
| Tacrolimus | 11 | $1,622 |
| Tretinoin | 15 | $1,365 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 93 | $1,163 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 24 | $938 |
| Fluocinolone AcetonideFluocinolone/Shower Cap | 18 | $897 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 37 | $716 |
| Metronidazole | 14 | $622 |
| Hydrocortisone | 39 | $379 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 11 | $346 |
| Mupirocin | 22 | $230 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AmgenOtezla | $429 | $68,59111 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 36 mohs-micrographic surgery providers in Virginia.
Other mohs-micrographic surgery in Norfolk
- James BotaNorfolk$9K
- Brian JohnsonNorfolk$5K
- Sherry MaraghAshburn$12K
- Kristin BibeeCharlottesville$11K
- Kenneth NealArlington$9K
- Matthew WallaceRichmond$4K
- Soonyou KwonVienna$4K
- Amir BajoghliMc Lean$4K
- Jeffrey ScottFairfax$3K
- Jason GivanLynchburg$3K
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.