John Griffin, MD
Internal Medicine · Texarkana, TXNPI 1720088636
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 163 payments — averaging $18.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$448
- Amgen$414
- Novartis$345
- Johnson & Johnson$246
- Pfizer$182
- Mimedx Group, Inc.$179
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,951100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 32 | $448 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 27 | $414 |
| Novartis | 18 | $345 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $246 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $182 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $179 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $139 |
| Abbott | 7 | $122 |
| GSK | 7 | $121 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $82 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $79 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 5 | $77 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $71 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $50 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $46 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $28 |
| Merck | 2 | $26 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $17 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- XARELTO$130
How this compares
$2,951 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 273 | $268,668 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 113 | $138,405 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 89 | $95,987 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 72 | $74,166 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 67 | $68,785 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 81 | $65,218 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 37 | $44,064 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 58 | $41,156 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 33 | $35,429 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 51 | $29,787 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 26 | $27,059 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 32 | $26,746 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 32 | $25,705 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 23 | $20,514 |
| Fiasp FlextouchInsulin Aspart (Niacinamide) | 20 | $16,510 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $182 | $268,668273 claims |
| MerckJanumet, Januvia, Janumet Xr | $26 | $229,989237 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $28 | $138,405113 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $79 | $94,68095 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $345 | $44,06437 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $82 | $35,42933 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $448 | $29,722110 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $14 | $26,74632 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Shingrix | $121 | $20,89445 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $14 | $10,38514 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 80th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
Other internal medicine in Texarkana
- Jan BurgerHouston$47.3M
- Nitin JainHouston$33.2M
- Muhammad IrfanTomball$30.6M
- Aung NaingHouston$30.6M
- Robert BassSan Antonio$25.6M
- Preetesh JainHouston$19.5M
- Paolo StratiHouston$19.2M
- Hernan SalazarSan Antonio$18.5M
- Nicholas ShortHouston$17.6M
- Salma SaigerMesquite$16.1M
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.