RxDoctor Payments Data

Christopher McElroy, MD

Internal Medicine · Evans, GANPI 1346343134

Payments from drug & device makers

$36,723in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,081 payments — averaging $33.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AstraZeneca$10K
  • Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$6K
  • Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$4K
  • Novo Nordisk$3K
  • Medtronic$3K
  • Amgen$1K
  • plus $10K from 52 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$16,79646%
  • Travel & lodging$3,4299%
  • Food & beverage$16,26444%
  • Education$2351%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AstraZeneca95$10,218
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC13$6,461
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.10$3,779
Novo Nordisk206$2,760
Medtronic(2 entities)10$2,592
Amgen(2 entities)82$1,321
AbbVie(2 entities)101$1,256
GSK72$828
Novartis39$620
Lilly USA, LLC46$571
Dexcom, Inc.28$532
Johnson & Johnson43$453
Boehringer Ingelheim27$438
Amarin Pharma, Inc.28$438
Pfizer32$420
Bayer23$406
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.30$370
Astellas Pharma US Inc20$360
Merck36$340
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC21$326
Corcept Therapeutics14$249
Boston Scientific4$237
Abbott14$193
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.9$180
Eisai Inc.8$105
Inari Medical, Inc.1$97
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.4$91
Mannkind Corporation4$69
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.5$68
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$64
Exact Sciences4$57
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$57
Radius Health, Inc.3$56
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.3$55
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.2$49
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc3$48
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$45
Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd3$45
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$40
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)2$40
Chiesi USA, Inc.2$40
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.3$36
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.2$35
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc2$31
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC2$29
Edwards Lifesciences1$29
Lundbeck LLC1$25
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$23
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$19
Philips North America LLC1$17
Shire North American Group Inc1$16
Mylan Specialty L.p.1$16
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$14
Genentech USA, Inc.1$14
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.1$14
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$12
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.1$12
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.1$11

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

$36,723 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,311 internal medicine providers in Georgia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$318,783
Medicare patients
753
Services billed
42,183

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
OzempicSemaglutide452$539,669
TrulicityDulaglutide201$297,957
EliquisApixaban350$293,829
MounjaroTirzepatide192$266,355
JardianceEmpagliflozin227$253,965
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab235$206,765
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol178$158,596
RybelsusSemaglutide128$147,920
Xigduo XrDapaglifloz Propaned/Metformin104$107,942
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan102$86,084
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter78$57,543
XareltoRivaroxaban38$44,637
Praluent PenAlirocumab58$40,021
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate35$39,768
LinzessLinaclotide37$35,124

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
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus, Xultophy 100-3.6$2,760$705,440592 claims
Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro$571$564,312393 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr, Spiriva Respimat$438$295,303281 claims
PfizerEliquis$420$293,829350 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort$10,218$169,405212 claims
MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr, Janumet$340$101,542111 claims
NovartisEntresto$620$86,084102 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta$828$71,990109 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid$1,256$53,939250 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$453$44,63738 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$360$27,40040 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33$6,461$13,68314 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 95th percentile of 3,311 internal medicine providers in Georgia.

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