James Proffitt
Internal Medicine · Maryville, TNNPI 1871542233
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.5% of the total across 265 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,709 and has fallen 51.2% since, to $835 in 2021.
Across 265 payments — averaging $14.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$583
- Pfizer$425
- AbbVie$378
- AstraZeneca$349
- Lilly USA, LLC$334
- Boehringer Ingelheim$278
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,787100%
- Education$180%
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 | 39 | $583 |
| Pfizer | 33 | $425 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 30 | $378 |
| AstraZeneca | 21 | $349 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 24 | $334 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 18 | $278 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 10 | $165 |
| GSK | 10 | $137 |
| Amgen | 9 | $134 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 8 | $108 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $95 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $87 |
| Merck | 6 | $81 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $81 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $77 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Novartis | 6 | $71 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $63 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $53 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $44 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 6 | $20 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $12 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $12 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,805 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.
Other internal medicine in Maryville
- John AndersonNashville$1.5M
- Tracie WalkerJackson$488K
- Nathan TrenthamEtowah$404K
- Dennis DeruelleKnoxville$263K
- Devin ShermanFranklin$191K
- Lewis HagoodKnoxville$143K
- Temidayo AbeNashville$113K
- Kenya KozawaSweetwater$86K
- Wayne RileyNashville$86K
- Maighan SeagroveChattanooga$78K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.