RxDoctor Payments Data

Giuseppe Barbesino, MD

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Boston, MANPI 1366432635

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.6%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Amgen accounts for 87.9% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism clinicians in MA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$58,628in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 62 payments — averaging $945.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$52K
  • Argenx US, Inc.$5K
  • IBSA Pharma Inc.$1K
  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$675
  • Corcept Therapeutics$57

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$30,24552%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$23,13039%
  • Travel & lodging$3,7456%
  • Food & beverage$1,5083%

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
Amgen(2 entities)57$51,521
Argenx US, Inc.1$5,250
IBSA Pharma Inc.2$1,125
Janssen Research & Development, LLC1$675
Corcept Therapeutics1$57

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

$58,628 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 360 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Massachusetts.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$83,225
Medicare patients
531
Services billed
721

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
Cinacalcet Hcl17$16,242
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium136$11,969
Levothyroxine Sodium857$8,482
Methimazole182$2,443
Liothyronine Sodium39$2,076
Calcitriol28$1,493
LevoxylLevothyroxine Sodium33$1,428
Alendronate Sodium25$175

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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