Donald Bias
Family Medicine · Lincolnton, NCNPI 1174517221
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 113 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 27.5% of the total.
Across 113 payments — averaging $13.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$409
- Novo Nordisk$238
- Lilly USA, LLC$125
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$95
- AbbVie$82
- Eisai Inc.$80
- plus $462 from 11 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $294.55 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.
- Merck$1K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,491100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 42 | $409 |
| Novo Nordisk | 18 | $238 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $125 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $95 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $82 |
| Eisai Inc. | 6 | $80 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $74 |
| Amgen | 4 | $67 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $67 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $51 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $32 |
| Merck | 2 | $29 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,491 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other family medicine in Lincolnton
- William CromwellRaleigh$879K
- Steve VacalisGastonia$693K
- David DundeeWinston Salem$633K
- Kevin SodenCharlotte$558K
- Brian ForrestApex$398K
- Joseph KonenCharlotte$322K
- Richard RachimaCharlotte$294K
- Dimitrios HondrosCharlotte$275K
- Domingo Rodriguez-CueGarner$253K
- Christopher ChaoCary$201K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.