RxDoctor Payments Data

Edward Lewiecki, MD

Internal Medicine · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1861441735

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $316,684 of the $490,644 with a category attached, or 64.5%. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 36.0% of the total. Among internal medicine clinicians in NM with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$490,644in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 755 payments — averaging $649.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$177K
  • Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc$97K
  • Kyowa Kirin, Inc.$93K
  • Radius Health, Inc.$75K
  • AstraZeneca$33K
  • UCB SA$5K
  • plus $12K from 23 others
$1,036,437in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 262 payments — averaging $3955.87 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.

  • Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.$635K
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$214K
  • Radius Health, Inc.$141K
  • Amgen$37K
  • Sanofi$11K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$99,71820%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$316,68465%
  • Travel & lodging$45,3359%
  • Food & beverage$14,0073%
  • Education$14,8993%

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.

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

$490,644 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 578 internal medicine providers in New Mexico.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$2,004,692
Medicare patients
1,326
Services billed
112,269

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
StrensiqAsfotase Alfa12$1,680,304
TymlosAbaloparatide100$271,731
ForteoTeriparatide16$67,869
Alendronate Sodium188$3,992
Risedronate Sodium18$1,569
Raloxifene Hcl12$438
Ultra-Fine Mini Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic13$207
Levothyroxine Sodium11$203
Lisinopril15$151
Single Use SwabAlcohol Antiseptic Pads14$14

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
AstraZenecaStrensiq$32,821$1,680,30412 claims
Radius Health, Inc.Tymlos$74,976$271,731100 claims
Lilly USA, LLCForteo$49$67,86916 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 578 internal medicine providers in New Mexico.

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