David Friedgood, DO
Neurology · Des Moines, IANPI 1134233794
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 41 payments — averaging $15.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$117
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$86
- Amgen$56
- Biogen$52
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$45
- EMD Serono, Inc.$32
- plus $260 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$122%
- Food & beverage$63498%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 9 | $117 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $86 |
| Amgen | 3 | $56 |
| Biogen | 4 | $52 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 2 | $30 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $29 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $28 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $25 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $15 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$647 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 132 neurology providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Primidone | 16 | $394 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Des Moines
- Bruce HughesDes Moines$2.1M
- Michael JacobyDes Moines$243K
- Lynn RankinDes Moines$232K
- Wendy ZadehDes Moines$134K
- Paul BabikianDes Moines$107K
- Mark PuricelliDes Moines$45K
- Keith KohoutDes Moines$36K
- Erik ArnesonDes Moines$10K
- John WrightDes Moines$9K
- Lynn StruckDes Moines$6K
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.