RxDoctor Payments Data

Carol Weinberg, MD

Internal Medicine · Naperville, ILNPI 1538128517

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 33 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 16 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $299 and has fallen 93.7% since, to $19 in 2024.

$726in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 33 payments — averaging $21.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$153
  • Amgen$117
  • AstraZeneca$95
  • AbbVie$84
  • Dynavax Technologies Corporation$41
  • Novartis$37
  • plus $199 from 10 others
$108,935in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 1 payment — averaging $108,935 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.

  • Organon$109K

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$726100%

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

19
20
21
23
24

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

$726 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 5,182 internal medicine providers in Illinois.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$125,357
Medicare patients
242
Services billed
1,763

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
JardianceEmpagliflozin61$97,433
OzempicSemaglutide22$40,680
EliquisApixaban13$11,349
Levothyroxine Sodium301$4,561
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium43$3,357
Valsartan90$3,153
Atorvastatin Calcium250$2,801
Rosuvastatin Calcium224$2,019
Metoprolol Succinate85$1,975
Butalbital-Acetaminophen-CaffeButalb/Acetaminophen/Caffeine12$1,971
Potassium Chloride82$1,963
Lisinopril166$1,605
Metformin Hcl123$1,516
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen48$1,434
Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate25$1,414

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
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$26$97,43361 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$153$40,68022 claims
PfizerEliquis$18$11,34913 claims
AbbVieSynthroid$84$3,35743 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 70th percentile of 5,182 internal medicine providers in Illinois.

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