RxDoctor Payments Data

Joanna Walker, MD

Dermatology · Providence, RINPI 1245529320

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 2 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 75.4% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for dermatology clinicians in RI, where the typical reported total is $1,463.

$185in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 2 payments — averaging $92.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$140
  • Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$46
$812,510in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 105 payments — averaging $7738.19 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.

  • Regeneron$813K

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$185100%

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.

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.

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

$185 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 61 dermatology providers in Rhode Island.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$471,668
Medicare patients
485
Services billed
3,257

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
Acitretin16$2,862
Fluorouracil27$1,557
Cefadroxil64$334
Ketoconazole21$308
Mupirocin32$295
Triamcinolone Acetonide24$247
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate12$141
Hydrocortisone27$108
Doxycycline Hyclate15$73
Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine16$49

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other dermatology in Providence

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Where these figures come from

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