Darren Thornton
Family Medicine · Fort Lauderdale, FLNPI 1972828663
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.3% of the total across 231 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Viiv Healthcare Company at 43.5% of the total. Among family medicine clinicians in FL 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 231 payments — averaging $25.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$3K
- Gilead$2K
- Merck$417
- Theratechnologies Inc.$263
- Johnson & Johnson$205
- Janssen Products, LP$145
- plus $210 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,88398%
- Education$1002%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 113 | $2,605 |
| Gilead | 69 | $2,139 |
| Merck | 18 | $417 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 10 | $263 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 11 | $205 |
| Janssen Products, LP | 2 | $145 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 5 | $138 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $32 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $22 |
| Napo Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $18 |
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
$5,983 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 7,282 family medicine providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 15 | $1,952 |
| Gabapentin | 29 | $255 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 11 | $250 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 40 | $233 |
| Losartan Potassium | 26 | $204 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 31 | $197 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 28 | $144 |
| Lisinopril | 43 | $139 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 18 | $124 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $113 |
| Famotidine | 14 | $103 |
| Metformin Hcl | 28 | $102 |
| Furosemide | 11 | $59 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 11 | $49 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 12 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Fort Lauderdale
- Noah LeeOakland Park$1.2M
- Angela RosselotBelle Isle$977K
- Richard LappOrlando$702K
- Hal BrownVero Beach$477K
- Lisa EvansBoca Raton$473K
- Giovana Rene CrooksBoca Raton$407K
- Edward BraunSt Petersburg$364K
- Samuel GreenleePensacola$235K
- Kevin FitzgeraldStuart$198K
- Louis KuritzkyGainesville$186K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.