Edward Dinkins, MD
Internal Medicine · Nashville, TNNPI 1235163528
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 252 payments — averaging $20.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$919
- Novo Nordisk$850
- AstraZeneca$651
- Pfizer$572
- Bayer$258
- GSK$249
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,155100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 38 | $919 |
| Novo Nordisk | 45 | $850 |
| AstraZeneca | 31 | $651 |
| Pfizer | 28 | $572 |
| Bayer | 12 | $258 |
| GSK | 18 | $249 |
| Amgen | 14 | $242 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $172 |
| Exact Sciences | 11 | $171 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $149 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $125 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $109 |
| Abbott | 5 | $100 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $65 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 4 | $62 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Novartis | 2 | $52 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Biogen | 1 | $21 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $18 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $13 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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
$5,155 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.
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 | 121 | $121,082 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 67 | $64,007 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 60 | $51,066 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 47 | $44,262 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 47 | $42,358 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 23 | $25,594 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 22 | $24,034 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 40 | $22,363 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 21 | $18,019 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 722 | $9,450 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 11 | $9,309 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 14 | $9,282 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 464 | $6,156 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 12 | $5,809 |
| Losartan Potassium | 456 | $5,717 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis, Paxlovid | $572 | $123,940152 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $651 | $64,00767 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $149 | $51,06660 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $65 | $44,26247 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $919 | $43,61344 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $850 | $42,35847 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $52 | $9,28214 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $172 | $5,19671 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $16 | $3,914374 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 85th percentile of 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.
Other internal medicine in Nashville
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- Nancy DavisNashville$985K
- Wayne RileyNashville$536K
- Paul FerrellNashville$413K
- Cyndya Shibao MiyasatoNashville$364K
- Hilary TindleNashville$337K
- Harvey BowlesNashville$203K
- Jay MontgomeryNashville$174K
- Temidayo AbeNashville$113K
- Nader BahriNashville$105K
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.