Franklin McGuire, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Hickory, NCNPI 1467419358
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,021 of the $6,710 with a category attached, or 74.8%. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pulmonx Corporation at 31.1% of the total.
Across 235 payments — averaging $28.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pulmonx Corporation$2K
- AstraZeneca$605
- Noah Medical Corporation$496
- GSK$432
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$327
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$315
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,62324%
- Food & beverage$5,02175%
- Education$671%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pulmonx Corporation | 15 | $2,084 |
| AstraZeneca | 35 | $605 |
| Noah Medical Corporation | 16 | $496 |
| GSK | 26 | $432 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 13 | $327 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 20 | $315 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $304 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 13 | $247 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 9 | $227 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 10 | $165 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 8 | $160 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $140 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 7 | $126 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $105 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $96 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $95 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $94 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| Amgen | 3 | $73 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $38 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Merck | 2 | $29 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $27 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 2 | $26 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $24 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $18 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 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.
How this compares
$6,710 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 393 pulmonary disease providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 160 | $120,812 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 54 | $43,400 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 43 | $21,694 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 35 | $20,184 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 69 | $19,051 |
| Roflumilast | 70 | $10,712 |
| Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide | 23 | $9,338 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 22 | $8,739 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 15 | $6,898 |
| Budesonide-Formoterol FumarateBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 36 | $6,828 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 199 | $6,341 |
| Bevespi AerosphereGlycopyrrolate/Formoterol Fum | 11 | $4,637 |
| Ventolin HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 63 | $4,269 |
| BreynaBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 19 | $3,526 |
| Wixela InhubFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 13 | $1,978 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $432 | $145,788220 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort, Bevespi Aerosphere | $605 | $67,088134 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimStiolto Respimat, Spiriva Respimat | $304 | $41,87878 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 75th percentile of 393 pulmonary disease providers in North Carolina.
Other pulmonary disease in Hickory
- Michael PritchettPinehurst$1.3M
- Michael WertGreensboro$412K
- Eugene BleeckerWinston Salem$357K
- Bradley IcardPinehurst$299K
- James DonohueChapel Hill$271K
- Eric MeltzerDurham$262K
- Daniel BreaultWilmington$257K
- Scott SkiboPinehurst$229K
- Jill OharWinston Salem$226K
- Priyank DesaiRocky Mount$199K
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.