Francis Penland
Psychiatric/Mental Health · Hickory, NCNPI 1538511225
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 978 payments — averaging $17.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$2K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$2K
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$2K
- Alkermes, Inc.$1K
- plus $6K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$16,23897%
- Education$5663%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 114 | $2,195 |
| AbbVie | 168 | $2,043 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 113 | $1,851 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 80 | $1,694 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 66 | $1,511 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 74 | $1,313 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 73 | $1,193 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 55 | $1,146 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 30 | $657 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 52 | $647 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 38 | $434 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 20 | $391 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 23 | $327 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $249 |
| Indivior Inc. | 17 | $241 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 12 | $234 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $139 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 5 | $96 |
| Corium, LLC | 3 | $93 |
| Eisai Inc. | 5 | $76 |
| Luye Pharma (USA) Ltd. | 2 | $52 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $50 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $46 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $29 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $14 |
| Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- LYBALVI$518
- VRAYLAR$511
- INVEGA SUSTENNA$125
- ABILIFY MAINTENA$125
- ABILIFY ASIMTUFII$125
- Fanapt$124
- CAPLYTA$116
- INGREZZA$112
How this compares
$16,804 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 947 psychiatric/mental health providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 399 | $621,681 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 281 | $504,746 |
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 42 | $474,014 |
| CaplytaLumateperone Tosylate | 126 | $235,032 |
| Abilify MaintenaAripiprazole | 77 | $213,465 |
| Invega SustennaPaliperidone Palmitate | 49 | $160,429 |
| Invega TrinzaPaliperidone Palmitate | 19 | $145,083 |
| TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide | 130 | $123,869 |
| AristadaAripiprazole Lauroxil | 33 | $108,563 |
| Austedo XrDeutetrabenazine | 13 | $90,674 |
| FanaptIloperidone | 41 | $74,877 |
| UzedyRisperidone | 16 | $57,704 |
| LybalviOlanzapine/Samidorphan Malate | 24 | $43,053 |
| FetzimaLevomilnacipran Hcl | 25 | $35,454 |
| Clozapine | 283 | $30,435 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti, Abilify Maintena | $1,694 | $718,211358 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar, Fetzima, Savella | $2,043 | $664,536439 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $1,511 | $474,01442 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonInvega Sustenna, Invega Trinza, Risperdal Consta | $657 | $329,42282 claims |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)Caplyta | $1,851 | $235,032126 claims |
| Alkermes, Inc.Aristada, Lybalvi | $1,313 | $151,61757 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo Xr, Uzedy | $2,195 | $148,37729 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix, Vyvanse | $434 | $135,344160 claims |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.Fanapt | $1,146 | $74,87741 claims |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.Auvelity | $139 | $27,17322 claims |
| Eisai Inc.Dayvigo | $76 | $25,46267 claims |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US IncQuviviq | $96 | $21,71645 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 947 psychiatric/mental health providers in North Carolina.
Other psychiatric/mental health in Hickory
- Kenneth LevesqueHickory$10K
- Alicia BuckHickory$9K
- Sharon Golden MyersHickory$8K
- Desiree MatthewsCharlotte$807K
- Benedetto PalomboCharlotte$671K
- Clarence RunnelsCreedmoor$339K
- Lisa SuddrethGastonia$111K
- April NandigamGreensboro$88K
- Hannah NealeyFuquay Varina$75K
- Jessica StoneRocky Mount$63K
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.