John Lesher, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Mooresville, NCNPI 1063440634
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,489 of the $5,432 with a category attached, or 64.2%. It is spread thinly across 40 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.2%. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 133 payments — averaging $40.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Curonix LLC$1K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$1K
- Boston Scientific$328
- Novo Nordisk$280
- IBSA Pharma Inc.$226
- Johnson & Johnson$223
- plus $2K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,94336%
- Food & beverage$3,48964%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Curonix LLC | 13 | $1,260 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 6 | $1,108 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $328 |
| Novo Nordisk | 13 | $280 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 11 | $226 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $223 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $201 |
| Abbott | 8 | $152 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 2 | $144 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $140 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $140 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 7 | $128 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $116 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $91 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 4 | $87 |
| Gilead | 4 | $81 |
| Amgen | 4 | $80 |
| Orthofundamentals, LLC | 1 | $75 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Cequr Corporation | 2 | $31 |
| Vertex | 1 | $29 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $29 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $28 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $23 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bayer | 1 | $14 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$5,432 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 269 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 84 | $1,448 |
| Gabapentin | 158 | $739 |
| Methylprednisolone | 61 | $399 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 45 | $327 |
| Meloxicam | 118 | $290 |
| Pregabalin | 14 | $222 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 37 | $211 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 70 | $159 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $100 |
| Diazepam | 79 | $90 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 12 | $55 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 12 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Mooresville
- Andrew SumichCharlotte$181K
- Patrick O BrienRaleigh$86K
- Elizabeth BagsbyGreenville$33K
- Krishna BhatSanford$30K
- Jasbir DhaliwalSanford$23K
- Jimmy MaliDurham$20K
- Jerome WatsonStatesville$15K
- Tejas ParikhGastonia$14K
- Christopher GodboutCary$12K
- Graham McRaryHickory$12K
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.