Franklin Zieve
Internal Medicine · Richmond, VANPI 1538195060
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $823 of the $1,174 with a category attached, or 70.1%. Novo Nordisk AS accounts for 99.9% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest.
Across 5 payments — averaging $234.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk AS$1K
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$1
Across 158 payments — averaging $2142.67 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.
- Kowa Research Institute, Inc.$152K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$132K
- Novo Nordisk AS$28K
- AstraZeneca$15K
- Eli Lilly$6K
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$3K
- plus $3K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$82370%
- Food & beverage$35030%
- Education$10%
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 AS | 4 | $1,173 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $1 |
How this compares
$1,174 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,724 internal medicine providers in Virginia.
Other internal medicine in Richmond
- Lawrence SchwartzRichmond$205K
- Wally SmithRichmond$177K
- Andrew PoklepovicRichmond$58K
- Leroy VaughanRichmond$55K
- Rachel WallerRichmond$55K
- Syed RehmanRichmond$49K
- Rafae ShaikhRichmond$41K
- Chau VoRichmond$24K
- Richard JacksonRichmond$17K
- Minh TranRichmond$16K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.