Emily Friedman, MD
Internal Medicine · Philadelphia, PANPI 1023500238
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 177 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 25.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $961, more than ten times the $58 reported in 2021.
Across 177 payments — averaging $17.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$793
- Gilead$595
- AbbVie$493
- Shield Therapeutics Inc$164
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$138
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$95
- plus $896 from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,175100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 46 | $793 |
| Gilead | 40 | $595 |
| AbbVie | 35 | $493 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $164 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $138 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $95 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 5 | $89 |
| Novartis | 5 | $82 |
| Corium, LLC | 4 | $74 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $61 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $54 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $50 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $42 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $33 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $27 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $22 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Linus Health, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Qiagen, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Acarix USA Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$3,175 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 5,705 internal medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 19 | $267 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 21 | $212 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 14 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Philadelphia
- Jonathan EpsteinPhiladelphia$13.1M
- Pitamber DevgonPhiladelphia$7.5M
- Daniel RaderPhiladelphia$1.7M
- David GoldmannPhiladelphia$525K
- Eyob FeyssaPhiladelphia$328K
- Emil AbramianPhiladelphia$199K
- Michael KnightPhiladelphia$178K
- James BlakePhiladelphia$164K
- Gina SimonciniPhiladelphia$158K
- James LewisPhiladelphia$106K
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.