Bruce Ring
Internal Medicine · Brockton, MANPI 1427043678
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 141 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 32.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $995 and has fallen 53.8% since, to $460 in 2021.
Across 141 payments — averaging $16.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$744
- AbbVie$406
- Lilly USA, LLC$290
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$138
- Novo Nordisk$117
- GSK$104
- plus $530 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,329100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 47 | $744 |
| AbbVie | 31 | $406 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $290 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $138 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $117 |
| GSK | 5 | $104 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $90 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $82 |
| Merck | 4 | $66 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Novartis | 3 | $38 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $13 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 2 | $9 |
How this compares
$2,329 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,983 internal medicine providers in Massachusetts.
Other internal medicine in Brockton
- Ashwin SwamiBrockton$115K
- David SchenkeinBoston$5M
- Alan GarberCambridge$4.9M
- John FallonBoston$1.8M
- Michael MendelsohnBoston$1.6M
- Sandra RichmanBrookline$1.4M
- Gaurav SingalBoston$798K
- Asit ParikhBoston$486K
- Noopur RajeBoston$481K
- Daniel KuritzkesBoston$443K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.