James Sweeney, MD
Internal Medicine · Nipomo, CANPI 1932213014
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 779 payments — averaging $15.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$2K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$1K
- GSK$1K
- Pfizer$928
- plus $5K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$12,397100%
- Education$410%
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 | 138 | $1,743 |
| AstraZeneca | 71 | $1,327 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 75 | $1,299 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 67 | $1,229 |
| GSK | 90 | $1,031 |
| Pfizer | 54 | $928 |
| Amgen | 45 | $821 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 45 | $807 |
| Bayer | 48 | $720 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $321 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 19 | $275 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 17 | $232 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 16 | $220 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 10 | $218 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 12 | $197 |
| Merck | 8 | $144 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $115 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $108 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 3 | $81 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Abbott | 3 | $55 |
| Novartis | 2 | $43 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $37 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Southern Anesthesia & Surgical, Inc (dba ACE Southern) | 1 | $21 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$12,438 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 122 | $157,961 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 85 | $100,756 |
| Cosentyx Unoready PenSecukinumab | 12 | $86,682 |
| RemicadeInfliximab | 13 | $74,246 |
| EliquisApixaban | 58 | $70,567 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 20 | $37,464 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 25 | $33,742 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 28 | $26,424 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 21 | $24,176 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 15 | $23,450 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 17 | $18,400 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 11 | $18,273 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 20 | $14,935 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 22 | $11,884 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 19 | $11,615 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $1,743 | $195,425142 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Stiolto Respimat | $1,229 | $112,370104 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonRemicade, Xarelto | $321 | $107,98838 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $928 | $70,56758 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $1,299 | $28,96365 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $1,327 | $28,12628 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $108 | $24,17621 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $1,031 | $20,31532 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $144 | $18,40017 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $807 | $18,27311 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Dexilant | $55 | $7,25224 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 90th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.
Other internal medicine in Nipomo
- Andrew ChengSouth San Francisco$55.1M
- Joel NeutelTustin$34.9M
- Donald BrandonSan Diego$34M
- William TownerLos Angeles$27.4M
- Rahul AggarwalSan Francisco$24M
- Masoud AzizadNorthridge$21.1M
- Helen StaceyWalnut Creek$20.4M
- Rohit Loombala Jolla$15.1M
- Zeid KayaliColton$14.2M
- Alexandra DrakakiSanta Monica$14.2M
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.