Dorothy Kodzwa, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Gastonia, NCNPI 1992906333
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $17,980 of the $26,846 with a category attached, or 67.0%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 58.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $16,776 and has fallen 94.5% since, to $920 in 2025.
Across 124 payments — averaging $216.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$16K
- AstraZeneca$4K
- Novo Nordisk$4K
- Abbott$662
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$463
- Medtronic$427
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,95511%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,98067%
- Travel & lodging$1,1034%
- Food & beverage$4,54317%
- Education$2051%
- Gifts$590%
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 | 29 | $15,565 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $4,193 |
| Novo Nordisk | 33 | $4,040 |
| Abbott | 18 | $662 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $463 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $427 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 3 | $385 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 4 | $305 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $275 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 2 | $151 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $149 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $65 |
| Senseonics, Incorporated | 1 | $59 |
| Companion Medical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 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.
- INVOKANA$14,902
- FARXIGA$4,052
- Saxenda$1,215
- Ozempic$440
- t:slim X2 Insulin Pump with Control-IQ$385
- MINIMED 780G$270
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$264
- JARDIANCE$248
- RYBELSUS$233
- CeQur Simplicity$149
- InPen$142
- AFREZZA$134
- TOUJEO$121
- SOLIQUA 100/33$104
How this compares
$26,846 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 232 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 322 | $389,283 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 252 | $302,640 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 126 | $159,926 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 122 | $125,377 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 45 | $51,949 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 32 | $43,546 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 66 | $43,459 |
| Victoza 3-PakLiraglutide | 33 | $34,993 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 43 | $33,581 |
| Humulin R U-500 KwikpenInsulin Regular, Human | 14 | $31,985 |
| Bydureon BciseExenatide Microspheres | 11 | $26,300 |
| GenotropinSomatropin | 12 | $20,589 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 81 | $18,885 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-200Insulin Lispro | 15 | $17,303 |
| NovologInsulin Aspart | 57 | $16,160 |
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, Trulicity, Humalog | $13 | $467,466392 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus, Novolog | $4,040 | $457,392424 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $275 | $140,873150 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $4,193 | $8,20215 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonInvokamet | $15,565 | $6,23311 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 80th percentile of 232 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in North Carolina.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Gastonia
- Mark WarrenGreenville$915K
- Thomas OconnellBurlington$805K
- Corey BerlinRaleigh$742K
- Michael FavoritoWilmington$723K
- Stephen SouthGreensboro$624K
- Richard DoddAsheville$526K
- Wendy LaneAsheville$487K
- Victor MarlarAsheville$483K
- John BuseChapel Hill$460K
- Denis BeckerRaleigh$459K
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.