RxDoctor Payments Data

Edward Oconnor, MD

Neurology · Santa Monica, CANPI 1568466555

Payments from drug & device makers

$26,106in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,179 payments — averaging $22.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$4K
  • UCB, Inc.$2K
  • Novartis$2K
  • Lundbeck LLC$2K
  • Amgen$1K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$1K
  • plus $15K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$2541%
  • Food & beverage$25,66298%
  • Education$1901%

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)159$3,810
UCB, Inc.76$1,683
Novartis80$1,509
Lundbeck LLC65$1,505
Amgen(2 entities)65$1,234
Lilly USA, LLC45$1,035
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC53$1,031
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.45$999
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC31$997
CSL Behring45$949
Biogen44$868
MDD US Operations, LLC51$811
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.25$733
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC41$683
Pfizer25$622
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc37$599
Harmony Biosciences LLC19$551
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.20$453
AstraZeneca(2 entities)18$445
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.21$440
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.15$421
SK Life Science, Inc.15$400
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.14$344
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc15$327
Eisai Inc.9$318
Merz North America, Inc.9$299
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.9$276
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.11$239
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.10$215
Genentech USA, Inc.8$205
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.9$189
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.8$167
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.9$165
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.7$157
Almatica Pharma LLC6$145
Argenx US, Inc.5$130
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.8$123
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)3$95
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$91
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.4$69
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.3$61
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$55
Boston Scientific3$52
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.2$50
Forte Bio-pharma LLC2$50
Promius Pharma LLC2$49
GE HealthCare2$47
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.3$47
Sanofi2$46
Bausch Health US, LLC2$45
EMD Serono, Inc.2$44
Abbott2$41
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.1$33
Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc1$28
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$28
Medtronic1$25
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$22
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc1$22
Tonix Medicines, Inc.1$18
Shionogi Inc1$12

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

$26,106 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$55,600
Medicare patients
124
Services billed
291

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
Lamotrigine ErLamotrigine16$15,854
NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine19$14,540
RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa13$10,653
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm11$7,648
Donepezil Hcl27$428
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa12$347

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
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta$440$14,54019 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary$1,031$10,65313 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 1,996 neurology providers in California.

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