Bruce Riger
Internal Medicine · Yreka, CANPI 1124023486
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 164 payments — averaging $15.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$535
- Novo Nordisk$535
- AbbVie$445
- Johnson & Johnson$208
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$177
- AstraZeneca$138
- plus $518 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,49598%
- Education$602%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 34 | $535 |
| Novo Nordisk | 43 | $535 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 24 | $445 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $208 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 15 | $177 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $138 |
| Amgen | 5 | $113 |
| Merck | 6 | $97 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $73 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 3 | $53 |
| GSK | 2 | $41 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,555 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 149 | $121,406 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 108 | $101,714 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 45 | $72,961 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 52 | $63,130 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 25 | $47,120 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 39 | $46,515 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 22 | $26,647 |
| PercocetOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $24,041 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 28 | $23,941 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 19 | $22,173 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 27 | $20,699 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 25 | $15,905 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 21 | $13,317 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 15 | $12,731 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 449 | $12,251 |
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 | $535 | $121,406149 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $535 | $120,08170 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $208 | $101,714108 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $138 | $63,13052 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $41 | $51,39565 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $73 | $46,51539 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $177 | $26,64722 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $11 | $20,69927 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $97 | $11,05916 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 85th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.
Other internal medicine in Yreka
- Andrew ChengSouth San Francisco$55.1M
- Joel NeutelTustin$34.9M
- Donald BrandonSan Diego$34M
- William TownerLos Angeles$27.4M
- Rahul AggarwalSan Francisco$24M
- Masoud AzizadNorthridge$21.1M
- Helen StaceyWalnut Creek$20.4M
- Rohit Loombala Jolla$15.1M
- Zeid KayaliColton$14.2M
- Alexandra DrakakiSanta Monica$14.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.