George Chu, MD
Internal Medicine · Germantown, TNNPI 1467562678
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 260 payments — averaging $18.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AstraZeneca$808
- Tosoh Bioscience, Inc.$526
- Amgen$366
- Boehringer Ingelheim$262
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$239
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,16389%
- Education$70%
- Gifts$52611%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 67 | $1,115 |
| AstraZeneca | 50 | $808 |
| Tosoh Bioscience, Inc. | 2 | $526 |
| Amgen | 22 | $366 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 15 | $262 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 15 | $239 |
| AbbVie | 17 | $237 |
| Abbott | 7 | $141 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $137 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $131 |
| Bayer | 6 | $85 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $70 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $67 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $64 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| GSK | 3 | $47 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $32 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $30 |
| Merck | 2 | $27 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $22 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, 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.
- SAMPLING NEEDLE ASSY - STD, G7,G8$263
- Calibrator Set, HbA1c$263
- G8 Elution Buffer No. 1, 800mL$263
- G8 elution Buffer No. 2, 800mL$263
- G8 Elution Buffer No. 3, 800mL$263
- HEMOLYSIS/WASH SOL (2000 mL)$263
How this compares
$4,696 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 46 | $61,572 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 55 | $46,030 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 35 | $28,002 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 22 | $20,960 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 17 | $17,705 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 23 | $17,650 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 18 | $13,147 |
| EliquisApixaban | 16 | $9,039 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 12 | $7,655 |
| Hysingla ErHydrocodone Bitartrate | 12 | $6,234 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 49 | $6,069 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 14 | $4,767 |
| Novolin 70-30Insulin Nph Hum/Reg Insulin Hm | 17 | $4,062 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 261 | $2,587 |
| Celecoxib | 32 | $2,473 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Humalog | $137 | $80,42380 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $262 | $46,03055 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $808 | $28,00235 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $1,115 | $20,96022 claims |
| MerckJanumet Xr | $27 | $17,65023 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $47 | $12,42326 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $131 | $9,03916 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $237 | $6,06949 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 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.
Other internal medicine in Germantown
- Mark McKenzieChattanooga$11.9M
- Bernard GrunstraBristol$6.4M
- Jewel WhiteKingsport$5.7M
- Judith WhiteKingsport$5.6M
- Obadias MarquezOoltewah$2.8M
- Amanda Moore MillerKnoxville$2.3M
- Rick WhilesBristol$1.5M
- John AndersonNashville$1.5M
- David MorinKingsport$1.4M
- John KirbyJefferson City$1.2M
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.