Dale Lahue
Internal Medicine · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1487696357
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 158 payments — averaging $13.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$349
- AbbVie$343
- GSK$226
- Abbott$221
- Pfizer$196
- AstraZeneca$164
- plus $614 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,113100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 26 | $349 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 28 | $343 |
| GSK | 21 | $226 |
| Abbott | 12 | $221 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $196 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $164 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $157 |
| Amgen | 6 | $98 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| Merck | 3 | $46 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Novartis | 3 | $39 |
| Bayer | 2 | $27 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$2,113 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 4,428 internal medicine providers in Ohio.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 21 | $1,656 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 25 | $508 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 29 | $342 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 48 | $333 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 12 | $323 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 19 | $319 |
| Metformin Hcl | 34 | $309 |
| Lisinopril | 43 | $249 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 11 | $223 |
| Losartan Potassium | 16 | $208 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 11 | $167 |
| Omeprazole | 11 | $132 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $128 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 24 | $115 |
| Simvastatin | 14 | $99 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Cincinnati
- Antoinette PragalosCincinnati$27.8M
- Charles EgerCincinnati$8.7M
- Douglas LoganCincinnati$4.7M
- Leela VrishabhendraCincinnati$3.4M
- Traci TurnerCincinnati$645K
- Vincent MartinCincinnati$398K
- Lisa LarkinCincinnati$276K
- Mark EckmanCincinnati$255K
- Kay JohnsonCincinnati$184K
- Steven FolkerthBeavercreek$9.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.