RxDoctor Payments Data

Fabian Lugo, MD

Neurology · Lafayette, LANPI 1538190798

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.9% of the total across 1,467 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 57 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.

$26,517in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,467 payments — averaging $18.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$4K
  • Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$2K
  • UCB, Inc.$2K
  • Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$2K
  • Biogen$1K
  • Eisai Inc.$1K
  • plus $14K from 51 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$150%
  • Food & beverage$26,21899%
  • Education$2841%

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)221$3,716
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.119$2,289
UCB, Inc.74$1,870
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc117$1,631
Biogen88$1,412
Eisai Inc.59$1,210
SK Life Science, Inc.58$1,099
AstraZeneca(2 entities)34$996
Lundbeck LLC64$941
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.70$864
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.47$862
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC65$858
Amgen(2 entities)34$824
Lilly USA, LLC42$729
Argenx US, Inc.26$678
Pfizer36$610
MDD US Operations, LLC25$545
Novartis24$501
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.26$424
Bristol Myers Squibb25$383
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.3$260
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.14$248
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.16$236
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.11$224
Neurelis, Inc.10$223
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.13$198
GE HealthCare11$197
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)7$195
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.6$179
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.13$167
CSL Behring7$156
EMD Serono, Inc.10$153
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.10$149
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.8$149
Genentech USA, Inc.5$148
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.11$142
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.9$127
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.7$123
TG Therapeutics, Inc.4$101
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$87
Sanofi5$86
Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$80
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.1$69
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.4$67
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC3$47
Grifols USA, LLC2$40
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.2$33
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$32
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$29
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$26
Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc1$23
Insightec,inc1$18
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc1$15
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$14
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc1$13
Promius Pharma LLC1$13
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.1$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

$26,517 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 225 neurology providers in Louisiana.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$126,613
Medicare patients
546
Services billed
979

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
NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate48$229,858
RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa70$74,772
Lamictal XrLamotrigine14$60,130
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate48$59,030
XcopriCenobamate48$58,333
Austedo XrDeutetrabenazine12$57,631
GocovriAmantadine Hcl13$40,466
Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe31$36,288
VimpatLacosamide13$34,098
NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine22$31,845
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm37$25,492
QuliptaAtogepant23$25,076
BriviactBrivaracetam14$23,748
UbrelvyUbrogepant20$21,660
Rasagiline Mesylate82$15,386

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
Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid$1,631$229,85848 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary, Pyridostigmine Bromide$858$76,82197 claims
PfizerNurtec Odt, Lyrica$610$67,54464 claims
SK Life Science, Inc.Xcopri$1,099$58,33348 claims
UCB, Inc.Vimpat, Briviact$1,870$57,84627 claims
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo Xr$862$57,63112 claims
AbbVieQulipta, Ubrelvy$3,716$46,73643 claims
MDD US Operations, LLCGocovri$545$40,46613 claims
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta$248$31,84522 claims
Eisai Inc.Fycompa$1,210$12,57412 claims
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Oxtellar Xr$167$11,84812 claims
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix$149$6,28113 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 225 neurology providers in Louisiana.

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