Jane Box
Rheumatology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1467436220
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $2,430 of the $2,989 with a category attached, or 81.3%. Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC accounts for 90.9% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,716 and has fallen 94.5% since, to $150 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for rheumatology clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $3,350.
Across 7 payments — averaging $426.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$3K
- AbbVie$273
Across 813 payments — averaging $4852.66 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.
- UCB SA$731K
- AbbVie$674K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$637K
- Amgen$617K
- Eli Lilly$491K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$240K
- plus $556K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,43081%
- Food & beverage$55919%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $2,716 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $273 |
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
$2,989 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 210 rheumatology providers in North Carolina.
Other rheumatology in Charlotte
- Gordon LamCharlotte$2.7M
- Andrew LasterCharlotte$421K
- Jill ZouzoulasCharlotte$377K
- Heather GladueCharlotte$168K
- Charles WithersCharlotte$136K
- Firas KassabCharlotte$80K
- Alireza NamiCharlotte$45K
- Amit PatelCharlotte$18K
- John BrendeseCharlotte$18K
- Diane GeorgeCharlotte$16K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.