RxDoctor Payments Data

Jay Toder

Rheumatology · Johnston, RINPI 1639249956

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $103,757 of the $138,720 with a category attached, or 74.8%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 38.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $97,727 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $175 in 2025. Among rheumatology clinicians in RI 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.

$138,720in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 211 payments — averaging $657.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$53K
  • Bristol Myers Squibb$45K
  • AbbVie$22K
  • Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$9K
  • Regeneron$6K
  • Johnson & Johnson$1K
  • plus $2K from 3 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$10,9838%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$103,75775%
  • Travel & lodging$18,05313%
  • Food & beverage$5,9124%
  • Education$150%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Amgen(2 entities)61$53,213
Bristol Myers Squibb50$44,873
AbbVie57$22,459
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.17$9,490
Regeneron12$5,892
Johnson & Johnson1$1,250
Sanofi2$1,232
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA10$186
AstraZeneca1$125

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

$138,720 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 22 rheumatology providers in Rhode Island.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$231,802
Medicare patients
141
Services billed
10,326

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate16$546
MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium17$398
Allopurinol20$223

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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