Deborah Weems
Family Medicine · Saint Joseph, MONPI 1477521995
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 56 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 25.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $579 and has fallen 76.5% since, to $136 in 2025.
Across 56 payments — averaging $41.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$597
- AstraZeneca$487
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$238
- Viiv Healthcare Company$166
- Gilead$137
- Sanofi$129
- plus $564 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,30599%
- Education$151%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $597 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $487 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $238 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 4 | $166 |
| Gilead | 2 | $137 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $129 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 1 | $92 |
| Amgen | 3 | $50 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $39 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $31 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $28 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| GSK | 1 | $13 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $11 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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
$2,319 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 2,203 family medicine providers in Missouri.
Other family medicine in Saint Joseph
- Cristyn WatkinsSaint Joseph$24K
- Deborah Stoner-BryanSaint Joseph$14K
- Stephen AdamsSpringfield$636K
- Justin PuckettKirksville$568K
- Matthew BeckerditeOfallon$225K
- Roger CadySpringfield$175K
- James LasalleExcelsior Springs$130K
- Matthew TiefenbrunnSullivan$105K
- Ayobami OduwoleGrandview$92K
- Michael DonovanSaint Louis$78K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.