Donald Douglas, MD
Internal Medicine · New Boston, TXNPI 1851385793
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $325 of the $385 with a category attached, or 84.4%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 32.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $195 and has fallen 70.5% since, to $57 in 2024.
Across 24 payments — averaging $16.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$126
- AbbVie$117
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$48
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$26
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$24
- GE HealthCare$16
- plus $28 from 2 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $3197.50 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.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$13K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$32584%
- Education$6016%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $126 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $117 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $48 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$385 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 128 | $44,530 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 32 | $31,897 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 17 | $17,630 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 17 | $15,027 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 14 | $13,250 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 11 | $9,862 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 15 | $8,833 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 13 | $5,567 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 17 | $5,456 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 13 | $3,963 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 216 | $3,538 |
| Gabapentin | 168 | $2,724 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 248 | $2,448 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 62 | $1,936 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 50 | $1,922 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $14 | $31,89732 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $14 | $13,25014 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $126 | $5,56713 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCLantus | $48 | $1,54116 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $117 | $1,12911 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 55th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
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- Han SchmidlyDallas$465K
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- Hans LeeHouston$327K
- Tapan KadiaHouston$311K
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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.