Jeffrey Brown, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Houston, TXNPI 1437152782
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 369 payments — averaging $74.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$21K
- IBSA Pharma Inc.$2K
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC$841
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$386
- Lilly USA, LLC$324
- AstraZeneca$323
- plus $2K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,90062%
- Travel & lodging$3,60313%
- Food & beverage$6,90325%
- Education$360%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 110 | $21,455 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 49 | $1,697 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 46 | $841 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 22 | $386 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 16 | $324 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $323 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 11 | $261 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 13 | $235 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $161 |
| Abbott | 8 | $158 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $154 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $149 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $137 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $126 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 6 | $119 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 4 | $111 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 3 | $77 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 3 | $66 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $65 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $55 |
| Vistapharm, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Cequr Corporation | 2 | $43 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $39 |
| Bayer | 2 | $36 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $28 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $23 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $23 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $22 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| RGH Enterprises LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Medicure Pharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$27,441 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 658 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 1,064 | $106,853 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 48 | $67,222 |
| TirosintLevothyroxine Sodium | 246 | $52,514 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 24 | $51,489 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 28 | $36,613 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 24 | $31,564 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 27 | $22,261 |
| ByettaExenatide | 11 | $11,348 |
| Cabergoline | 194 | $9,182 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 36 | $8,630 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 16 | $8,576 |
| Bromocriptine Mesylate | 43 | $7,936 |
| LevoxylLevothyroxine Sodium | 216 | $7,718 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 15 | $7,634 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 12 | $7,150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieSynthroid | $21,455 | $106,8531,064 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $137 | $98,78672 claims |
| IBSA Pharma Inc.Tirosint, Tirosint-Sol | $1,697 | $55,658259 claims |
| Novo NordiskRybelsus, Novolog | $39 | $53,32636 claims |
| AstraZenecaByetta | $323 | $11,34811 claims |
| PfizerLevoxyl | $55 | $7,718216 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCUnithroid, Levothyroxine Sodium | $841 | $6,807200 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 75th percentile of 658 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Texas.
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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.