RxDoctor Payments Data

Douglas Lakin, MD

Internal Medicine · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1992783492

Payments from drug & device makers

$13,525in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 874 payments — averaging $15.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$2K
  • AstraZeneca$2K
  • Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$859
  • Pfizer$688
  • Amgen$663
  • Novo Nordisk$578
  • plus $7K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$13,38199%
  • Education$1431%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)152$2,110
AstraZeneca75$1,512
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.72$859
Pfizer62$688
Amgen41$663
Novo Nordisk41$578
Lilly USA, LLC35$492
Boehringer Ingelheim28$457
GSK24$403
Johnson & Johnson21$398
Almatica Pharma LLC16$306
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.16$285
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.19$268
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.16$257
Astellas Pharma US Inc10$249
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.14$243
Novartis13$238
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC17$206
Eisai Inc.12$191
Lundbeck LLC9$183
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.16$161
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8$159
Merck10$153
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.10$136
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.15$131
Medtronic5$128
Abbott8$123
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.5$116
Dexcom, Inc.6$112
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.5$99
Corcept Therapeutics5$97
Exact Sciences5$97
Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.6$89
Medicure Pharma Inc.2$87
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC5$84
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$63
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$62
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.4$57
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.3$57
Amarin Pharma, Inc.4$57
Genentech USA, Inc.3$52
Tolmar, Inc.3$51
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.3$48
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$47
Stryker1$47
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.3$44
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc3$42
Antares Pharma, Inc.3$41
Biogen2$34
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.1$34
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)2$33
Corium, LLC2$32
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA2$30
Irhythm Technologies, Inc.2$26
ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc.1$24
Boston Scientific2$23
Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc1$22
Therapeuticsmd, Inc.1$22
Tonix Medicines, Inc.1$21
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$20

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

$13,525 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,212 internal medicine providers in Arizona.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$985,711
Medicare patients
2,412
Services billed
15,858

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban459$443,188
OzempicSemaglutide193$222,914
MounjaroTirzepatide88$127,058
MyrbetriqMirabegron149$120,251
JardianceEmpagliflozin69$99,202
TrulicityDulaglutide64$98,667
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate87$94,609
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol85$69,024
ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase16$55,943
XareltoRivaroxaban46$49,412
Dupixent PenDupilumab12$44,852
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab74$44,551
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan24$42,837
LinzessLinaclotide44$37,825
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter47$31,043

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
PfizerEliquis, Premarin$688$459,883487 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$492$225,725152 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$578$222,914193 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta$457$127,77191 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$249$120,251149 claims
MerckJanuvia, Belsomra$153$107,026117 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere$1,512$92,139122 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid, Restasis$2,110$73,920319 claims
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep$57$55,94316 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$398$49,41246 claims
NovartisEntresto$238$42,83724 claims
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er, Nucynta$48$31,50337 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 95th percentile of 2,212 internal medicine providers in Arizona.

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