Howard Robinson, DO
Internal Medicine · Phoenix, AZNPI 1942374657
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 81 payments — averaging $19.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$220
- Lilly USA, LLC$201
- AstraZeneca$144
- AbbVie$116
- Edwards Lifesciences$101
- Johnson & Johnson$86
- plus $687 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,555100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 11 | $220 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $201 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $144 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $116 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $101 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $86 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $85 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $81 |
| Merck | 5 | $73 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $67 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Abbott | 3 | $45 |
| Orexo US, Inc. | 3 | $39 |
| Intuity Medical Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $28 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- MOUNJARO$125
How this compares
$1,555 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,212 internal medicine providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 14 | $36,725 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 24 | $32,474 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 18 | $27,637 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 18 | $17,421 |
| EliquisApixaban | 11 | $13,668 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 13 | $12,897 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 13 | $11,392 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 13 | $10,546 |
| ZubsolvBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 17 | $8,575 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 136 | $4,528 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 14 | $3,831 |
| Varenicline Tartrate | 12 | $3,451 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 73 | $2,036 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 67 | $1,935 |
| Gabapentin | 58 | $1,082 |
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, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $201 | $60,11142 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $67 | $17,42118 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $81 | $13,66811 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $116 | $10,54613 claims |
| Orexo US, Inc.Zubsolv | $39 | $8,57517 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 80th percentile of 2,212 internal medicine providers in Arizona.
Other internal medicine in Phoenix
- Louise TaberPhoenix$8.5M
- Ernie RifferPhoenix$3M
- Frank LovecchioPhoenix$945K
- Allison PerrinPhoenix$861K
- Nasser HajaigPhoenix$687K
- Richard TayrienPhoenix$299K
- Sanjay ShahPhoenix$288K
- Kelly KrohnPhoenix$262K
- Paul WaxPhoenix$243K
- Paul StanderPhoenix$222K
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.