Herman Downey, MD
Family Medicine · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1891772430
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (56.7%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 37 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC at 26.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,803 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $214 in 2025. Among family medicine clinicians in FL 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.
Across 329 payments — averaging $30.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$3K
- Novo Nordisk AS$2K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$1K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Merck$406
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$350
- plus $3K from 31 others
Across 1,424 payments — averaging $2900.78 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.
- GSK$795K
- Modernatx, Inc.$694K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$604K
- Regeneron$529K
- Novo Nordisk AS$490K
- Pfizer$401K
- plus $618K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,28523%
- Travel & lodging$1,98120%
- Food & beverage$5,74457%
- Education$1121%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 19 | $2,683 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | 13 | $1,561 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 11 | $1,413 |
| AstraZeneca | 60 | $1,110 |
| Merck | 29 | $406 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 27 | $350 |
| Amgen | 18 | $307 |
| Novo Nordisk | 17 | $306 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 16 | $210 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 19 | $207 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $206 |
| Abbott | 13 | $192 |
| GSK | 18 | $163 |
| Novartis | 9 | $131 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $128 |
| Bayer | 2 | $101 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $90 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $65 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $61 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $24 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $14 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
| Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- DISEASE STATE$2,285
- Saxenda$551
- FARXIGA$237
- CAPVAXIVE$126
How this compares
$10,123 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 7,282 family medicine providers in Florida.
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 | 107 | $153,682 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 127 | $130,805 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 88 | $120,523 |
| EliquisApixaban | 104 | $105,554 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 112 | $94,074 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 68 | $89,335 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 48 | $77,944 |
| Xigduo XrDapaglifloz Propaned/Metformin | 38 | $40,064 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 36 | $34,138 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 23 | $25,707 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 16 | $23,446 |
| BelsomraSuvorexant | 24 | $22,469 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 36 | $22,150 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 30 | $21,352 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 28 | $20,227 |
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 | $207 | $231,626155 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $306 | $209,858156 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr, Synjardy | $210 | $167,556162 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $61 | $105,554104 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $1,110 | $94,074112 claims |
| MerckBelsomra, Januvia, Janumet Xr | $406 | $58,56467 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $2,683 | $34,13836 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $131 | $23,44616 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $90 | $22,15036 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $65 | $20,22728 claims |
| GSKAnoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $163 | $13,50531 claims |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.Livalo | $25 | $8,41216 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 7,282 family medicine providers in Florida.
Other family medicine in Jacksonville
- Colin LacroixJacksonville$93K
- Sarfaraz DhanjiJacksonville$58K
- Victor MicolucciJacksonville$29K
- Noah LeeOakland Park$1.2M
- Angela RosselotBelle Isle$977K
- Richard LappOrlando$702K
- Hal BrownVero Beach$477K
- Lisa EvansBoca Raton$473K
- Giovana Rene CrooksBoca Raton$407K
- Edward BraunSt Petersburg$364K
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.