Jeffrey Baron, MD
Internal Medicine · Pawtucket, RINPI 1083638282
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.3% of the total across 425 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 33 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among internal medicine 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.
Across 425 payments — averaging $44.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$3K
- AstraZeneca$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Amgen$2K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$2K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- plus $5K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$780%
- Food & beverage$18,82799%
- Education$520%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 62 | $3,251 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 56 | $3,124 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 42 | $2,236 |
| Amgen | 41 | $1,965 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 34 | $1,776 |
| Novo Nordisk | 37 | $1,170 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 20 | $829 |
| Bayer | 13 | $668 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 26 | $600 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $570 |
| Novartis | 17 | $434 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $413 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 14 | $375 |
| Abbott | 4 | $189 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $132 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Gilead | 1 | $124 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Luye Pharma (USA) Ltd. | 1 | $117 |
| Merck | 7 | $102 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $94 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $90 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $77 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 4 | $73 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $19 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- JARDIANCE$1,375
- FARXIGA$1,123
- XARELTO$812
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$689
- Repatha$671
- AREXVY$591
- INVOKANA$551
- VRAYLAR$488
- Kerendia$455
- LOKELMA$374
- BREZTRI$355
- TOUJEO$332
- NUCALA$244
- ELIQUIS$240
- SOLIQUA 100/33$220
- RYBELSUS$217
- LEQVIO$211
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$143
- Austedo XR$126
- Epclusa$124
How this compares
$18,957 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 808 internal medicine providers in Rhode Island.
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 | 180 | $189,402 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 173 | $144,130 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 94 | $83,807 |
| EliquisApixaban | 73 | $57,103 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 37 | $57,077 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 61 | $43,458 |
| Icosapent Ethyl | 107 | $43,053 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 45 | $40,863 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 20 | $25,292 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 31 | $20,780 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 18 | $18,685 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 92 | $8,455 |
| Ezetimibe | 234 | $6,657 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 576 | $6,247 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 15 | $5,661 |
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 | $1,170 | $189,402180 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $1,776 | $144,130173 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $3,124 | $83,80794 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $600 | $75,76355 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $413 | $57,10373 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Arnuity Ellipta | $3,251 | $53,03590 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $2,236 | $25,29220 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $829 | $8,45592 claims |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.Livalo | $14 | $4,03613 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCLantus | $570 | $1,85019 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $20 | $1,826162 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 95th percentile of 808 internal medicine providers in Rhode Island.
Other internal medicine in Pawtucket
- Omeed SaniPawtucket$16K
- Muhammad EhtishamPawtucket$10K
- Amber GulPawtucket$6K
- Rafael Liporaci LucenaPawtucket$4K
- William BeliveauJohnson$951K
- Katarzyna Gilek-SeibertProvidence$131K
- Randall InghamProvidence$100K
- Frank D'alessandroLincoln$93K
- Gregory AllenCranston$38K
- Richard RuggieriProvidence$30K
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.