Catherine Norton
Family Medicine · Charlotte, NCNPI 1932160249
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 741 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 49 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,805 and has fallen 64.8% since, to $987 in 2023. Among family medicine clinicians in NC 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 741 payments — averaging $15.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AstraZeneca$973
- Lilly USA, LLC$898
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$840
- Merck$804
- Pfizer$733
- plus $6K from 43 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$11,366100%
- Education$200%
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.
How this compares
$11,385 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 12 | $134 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Charlotte
- Kevin SodenCharlotte$558K
- Joseph KonenCharlotte$322K
- Richard RachimaCharlotte$294K
- Dimitrios HondrosCharlotte$275K
- Thomas BarringerCharlotte$138K
- William LarsenCharlotte$74K
- William LongCharlotte$66K
- Steven BauerCharlotte$22K
- Tagbo EkwonuCharlotte$20K
- Rhett BrownCharlotte$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.