RxDoctor Payments Data

Bryan Dahms, MD

Family Medicine · Palmer, AKNPI 1891282646

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 158 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 34 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $993, more than ten times the $20 reported in 2019. Among family medicine clinicians in AK with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$3,247in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 158 payments — averaging $20.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$609
  • AstraZeneca$427
  • Pfizer$312
  • Amgen$234
  • ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$202
  • Novartis$166
  • plus $1K from 28 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$3,239100%
  • Education$80%

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.

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

$3,247 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 334 family medicine providers in Alaska.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$103,502
Medicare patients
247
Services billed
1,238

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
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol34$46,804
OzempicSemaglutide29$45,435
TrulicityDulaglutide26$30,773
XareltoRivaroxaban11$18,291
EliquisApixaban12$16,734
Atorvastatin Calcium122$1,598
Tamsulosin Hcl49$1,466
Levetiracetam20$1,435
Levothyroxine Sodium120$1,222
Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate41$1,173
Duloxetine Hcl44$1,004
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium13$968
Gabapentin45$895
Ezetimibe15$874
Rosuvastatin Calcium54$811

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
AstraZenecaFarxiga$427$46,80434 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$148$45,43529 claims
Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity$107$30,77326 claims
PfizerEliquis$312$16,73412 claims
AbbVieSynthroid$609$96813 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 90th percentile of 334 family medicine providers in Alaska.

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