Joelle Makon, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Mechanicsville, VANPI 1598021743
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 122 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 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $916 and has fallen 90.1% since, to $90 in 2024.
Across 122 payments — averaging $15.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$312
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$226
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$224
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$206
- Merz North America, Inc.$164
- AbbVie$132
- plus $578 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,842100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 14 | $312 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 14 | $226 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 38 | $224 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 7 | $206 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 5 | $164 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $132 |
| Novartis | 6 | $114 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $61 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 4 | $58 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $51 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 2 | $35 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $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.
- AIMOVIG$104
How this compares
$1,842 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 231 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Virginia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dutasteride | 13 | $661 |
| Metolazone | 13 | $319 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 14 | $316 |
| Simvastatin | 16 | $283 |
| Gabapentin | 26 | $232 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $227 |
| Potassium Chloride | 11 | $127 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 12 | $95 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 28 | $94 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $86 |
| Folic Acid | 12 | $62 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 13 | $42 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $21 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | $20 |
| Furosemide | 11 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Amanda MoranNorfolk$9K
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- Derek BuckBluefield$7K
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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.