Deborah White
Internal Medicine · Tampa, FLNPI 1437155603
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Modernatx, Inc. at 44.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,456 and has fallen 63.9% since, to $1,247 in 2024. Among internal 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 129 payments — averaging $50.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Modernatx, Inc.$3K
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$2K
- AbbVie$310
- AstraZeneca$252
- Amgen$213
- Novo Nordisk$183
- plus $879 from 15 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $32,536 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.
- Pfizer$116K
- Novartis$14K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,75958%
- Food & beverage$2,75742%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Modernatx, Inc. | 13 | $2,917 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 7 | $1,762 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 12 | $310 |
| AstraZeneca | 17 | $252 |
| Amgen | 14 | $213 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $183 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $140 |
| Merck | 8 | $113 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $102 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $85 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 5 | $74 |
| Novartis | 3 | $61 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $61 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $57 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Eli Lilly | 1 | $25 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| GSK | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
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.
- UBRELVY$129
How this compares
$6,516 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
Other internal medicine in Tampa
- Andrew KuykendallTampa$322K
- Jhanelle GrayTampa$229K
- Anitha ReddyTampa$224K
- Benjamin CreelanTampa$212K
- Anne HermannTampa$139K
- Mark LaflammeTampa$119K
- Shahla BariTampa$56K
- Haytham ElgammalMiami$2.2M
- Keith RubinFort Lauderdale$2M
- Michael SensionFort Lauderdale$1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.