RxDoctor Payments Data

David Suh, MD

Cardiovascular Disease · Tucker, GANPI 1366436297

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.2% of the total across 552 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 43 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.

$11,186in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 552 payments — averaging $20.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$2K
  • AstraZeneca$1K
  • ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$892
  • Pfizer$842
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$809
  • Amgen$795
  • plus $5K from 37 others
$1,110,645in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 341 payments — averaging $3257.02 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Novartis$460K
  • Eli Lilly$245K
  • AstraZeneca$189K
  • Kowa Research Institute, Inc.$65K
  • Novo Nordisk$54K
  • Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$50K
  • plus $47K from 5 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$10,87797%
  • Education$3093%

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

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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.

How this compares

$11,186 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 640 cardiovascular disease providers in Georgia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$511,182
Medicare patients
738
Services billed
5,800

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban597$707,923
VyndamaxTafamidis21$471,825
XareltoRivaroxaban198$218,967
OzempicSemaglutide94$175,181
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan91$126,626
MounjaroTirzepatide60$105,363
JardianceEmpagliflozin83$103,930
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol85$103,570
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab80$86,094
TrulicityDulaglutide41$63,006
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate27$42,454
RybelsusSemaglutide11$27,458
Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr20$15,080
Metoprolol Succinate934$13,402
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter14$11,378

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
PfizerEliquis, Vyndamax$842$1,179,748618 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$1,593$218,967198 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$450$202,639105 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$23$168,370101 claims
NovartisEntresto$581$126,62691 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$809$103,93083 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$1,273$103,57085 claims
MerckJanuvia$583$42,45427 claims
GSKAnoro Ellipta, Trelegy Ellipta$98$26,45834 claims
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet$14$9,16813 claims
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Edarbi$26$5,08012 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 85th percentile of 640 cardiovascular disease providers in Georgia.

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