RxDoctor Payments Data

Jeremy Schwieger, MD

Nephrology · Tarzana, CANPI 1164453437

Payments from drug & device makers

$10,424in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 530 payments — averaging $19.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$2K
  • Novo Nordisk$866
  • Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$656
  • AstraZeneca$653
  • Johnson & Johnson$584
  • AbbVie$534
  • plus $5K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$10,36899%
  • Education$561%

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

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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)117$2,079
Novo Nordisk48$866
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC42$656
AstraZeneca(2 entities)32$653
Johnson & Johnson30$584
AbbVie(2 entities)25$534
Boehringer Ingelheim20$500
Bayer21$448
Lilly USA, LLC22$427
Novartis16$393
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.18$389
Merck14$316
Pfizer12$210
GSK9$208
Baxter Healthcare3$155
Astellas Pharma US Inc6$132
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.7$131
Mannkind Corporation7$128
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.5$96
Amarin Pharma, Inc.4$90
Almatica Pharma LLC4$90
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.5$88
Eisai Inc.3$79
Vertiflex, Inc.4$78
Lundbeck LLC3$78
Tactile Systems Technology Inc5$70
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.4$67
Lucid Diagnostics Inc.3$55
Abbott2$50
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.2$47
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$46
Exact Sciences3$45
Bausch Health US, LLC2$39
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC2$38
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$33
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC1$32
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.1$30
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$28
Linus Health, Inc.1$28
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.1$27
GE HealthCare1$26
Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.1$25
Corcept Therapeutics1$24
Shield Therapeutics Inc1$24
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$24
Ardelyx, Inc.1$23
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$22
Antares Pharma, Inc.1$22
Radius Health, Inc.1$21
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)1$20
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.1$20
Seqirus USA Inc1$19
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc1$18
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.1$16
Genentech USA, Inc.1$14
IBSA Pharma Inc.1$14
Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC1$14
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA1$12
Advanced Respiratory, Inc1$12
Akebia Therapeutics Inc1$11

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

$10,424 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,341 nephrology providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$146,373
Medicare patients
219
Services billed
1,745

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
MounjaroTirzepatide164$182,458
OzempicSemaglutide63$72,560
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol28$35,583
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab30$30,797
EliquisApixaban19$29,579
RexultiBrexpiprazole14$24,400
MyrbetriqMirabegron18$22,046
JardianceEmpagliflozin18$17,086
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate11$11,611
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter13$8,263
TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide13$6,888
Zolpidem Tartrate75$6,604
Sevelamer Carbonate13$4,175
PaxlovidNirmatrelvir/Ritonavir30$4,013
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium44$3,432

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro$427$182,458164 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$866$72,56063 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$653$35,58328 claims
PfizerEliquis, Paxlovid$210$33,59249 claims
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti$389$24,40014 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$132$22,04618 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$500$17,08618 claims
MerckJanuvia$316$11,61111 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta$208$8,26313 claims
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix$131$6,88813 claims
AbbVieSynthroid$534$3,43244 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 1,341 nephrology providers in California.

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