Chaojie Chen, MD
Internal Medicine · Farmington, NMNPI 1275823700
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 87 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 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $422, 2.3 times the $186 reported in 2019. Among internal medicine clinicians in NM 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.
Across 87 payments — averaging $19.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Insulet Corporation$392
- AbbVie$254
- Merck$157
- Gilead$140
- Lilly USA, LLC$113
- Pfizer$91
- plus $541 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,689100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Insulet Corporation | 17 | $392 |
| AbbVie | 17 | $254 |
| Merck | 9 | $157 |
| Gilead | 8 | $140 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $113 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $91 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $88 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $76 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 3 | $46 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $36 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $30 |
| Novartis | 1 | $22 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| GSK | 1 | $15 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,689 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 578 internal medicine providers in New Mexico.
Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 92 | $114,604 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 73 | $100,529 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 63 | $92,656 |
| EliquisApixaban | 75 | $70,935 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 23 | $41,718 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 41 | $34,087 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 13 | $31,086 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 20 | $25,635 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 27 | $16,719 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $15,932 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 75 | $12,414 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 15 | $5,532 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 11 | $5,402 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 11 | $5,020 |
| Gabapentin | 191 | $4,317 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $113 | $134,37486 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $88 | $131,61686 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $91 | $70,93575 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $15 | $39,10652 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $157 | $25,63520 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $254 | $1,08135 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 578 internal medicine providers in New Mexico.
Other internal medicine in Farmington
- Edward LewieckiAlbuquerque$491K
- James AdairAlbuquerque$108K
- Gulshan ParasherAlbuquerque$66K
- Mark WalkerAlbuquerque$24K
- Joao TeixeiraAlbuquerque$18K
- Karla AlmarazAlbuquerque$18K
- John ReddSanta Fe$12K
- David SosaAlbuquerque$11K
- Mark SeredowychSanta Fe$9K
- Joshua BrownSanta Fe$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.