David Close, MD
Family Medicine · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1558335844
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 802 payments — averaging $16.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$3K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- Pfizer$749
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$636
- Johnson & Johnson$607
- plus $5K from 44 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$13,085100%
- Education$170%
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.
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.
- AIRSUPRA$217
- FARXIGA$217
- BREZTRI AEROSPHERE$125
- BREZTRI$125
- Tymlos$122
- Watchman$115
- Kerendia$109
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$108
How this compares
$13,102 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,087 family 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 262 | $278,508 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 117 | $183,105 |
| EliquisApixaban | 144 | $133,099 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 56 | $75,610 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 25 | $61,639 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 38 | $49,284 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 50 | $46,463 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 45 | $46,237 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 35 | $35,735 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 36 | $34,337 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 29 | $30,466 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 1,648 | $24,354 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 26 | $22,578 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 23 | $19,827 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 25 | $19,066 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $1,623 | $297,574287 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $2,891 | $244,744142 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Abrysvo | $749 | $138,215162 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $1,197 | $81,97280 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $607 | $75,61056 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $193 | $52,70864 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $466 | $49,28438 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $267 | $34,33736 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $463 | $30,46629 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $265 | $22,57826 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Creon | $183 | $21,20127 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $217 | $17,40615 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 2,087 family medicine providers in Tennessee.
Other family medicine in Chattanooga
- Natasha BallardChattanooga$5.7M
- Ellen ClelandChattanooga$38K
- Rickey ManningKnoxville$8.1M
- Kymberly MoyerGallatin$5.9M
- Hina BudhwaniNashville$4.7M
- Paul WakefieldKnoxville$4.3M
- Emily HubbsKingsport$2.8M
- Jerry PunchKnoxville$2.1M
- Bridgette FraneyNashville$2M
- Andrew BrockmyreBristol$1.8M
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.