Daphne Norwood, MD
Internal Medicine · Knoxville, TNNPI 1487673786
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 65 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) at 25.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $503 and has fallen 76.1% since, to $120 in 2024.
Across 65 payments — averaging $15.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$258
- Johnson & Johnson$190
- Novartis$111
- AbbVie$58
- Novo Nordisk$52
- Amgen$45
- plus $314 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,028100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 18 | $258 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $190 |
| Novartis | 4 | $111 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $58 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $52 |
| Amgen | 3 | $45 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $42 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $22 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $20 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $13 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $12 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,028 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.
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.
Other internal medicine in Knoxville
- Dennis DeruelleKnoxville$263K
- Lewis HagoodKnoxville$143K
- Antonio RamosKnoxville$20K
- Michael CollierKnoxville$17K
- John AndersonNashville$1.5M
- Tracie WalkerJackson$488K
- Nathan TrenthamEtowah$404K
- Devin ShermanFranklin$191K
- Temidayo AbeNashville$113K
- Kenya KozawaSweetwater$86K
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.