Eugene Wright
Internal Medicine · Fayetteville, NCNPI 1528197555
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (56.9%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 31.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $177,211 and has fallen 62.4% since, to $66,594 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in NC 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.
Across 1,039 payments — averaging $807.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$266K
- Bayer$183K
- Lilly USA, LLC$116K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$87K
- Eli Lilly$65K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$33K
- plus $89K from 18 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $688.23 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.
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$477,64957%
- Speaking & faculty fees$269,38032%
- Travel & lodging$68,2168%
- Food & beverage$23,3393%
- Education$2580%
- Gifts$590%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 338 | $265,988 |
| Bayer | 242 | $183,001 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 176 | $116,143 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 42 | $87,474 |
| Eli Lilly | 82 | $65,030 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 70 | $32,636 |
| Embecta Corp. | 4 | $15,563 |
| Novo Nordisk | 21 | $14,077 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 7 | $11,383 |
| GSK | 12 | $10,769 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $9,170 |
| Renalytix AI, Inc. | 8 | $8,484 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $7,468 |
| Merck | 10 | $4,162 |
| Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc. | 6 | $3,342 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $1,580 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $1,553 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $500 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $238 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $156 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $59 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Zealand Pharma US, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
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.
- Kerendia$154,256
- FreeStyle Libre Pro$106,476
- JARDIANCE$101,579
- FreeStyle Libre$87,929
- TOUJEO$57,695
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$46,357
- MOUNJARO$38,540
- Non-Covered$18,922
- KIDNEYINTELX BLOOD COLLECTION CONVENIENCE KIT$8,462
- FreeStyle Libre 2$6,515
- Afinion 2$4,750
- ADLYXIN$3,846
- EVERSENSE E3 SENSOR KIT - RETAIL$3,284
- FreeStyle Lite system$1,800
- Gloperba$1,580
- Tryvio$1,520
- TRADJENTA$1,300
- MINIMED 780G$750
- TWIIST$500
- Omnipod$156
How this compares
$838,901 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,302 internal medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other internal medicine in Fayetteville
- Frederick AsareFayetteville$86K
- Sandip PatelFayetteville$34K
- Nirmish ShahDurham$862K
- Saad UsmaniCharlotte$551K
- Bhakti PaulRaleigh$536K
- Mary KlotmanDurham$478K
- Manesh PatelDurham$435K
- Millie LongChapel Hill$374K
- Marc JohnsonCharlotte$342K
- Christina CraterRaleigh$330K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.