RxDoctor Payments Data

John Lowney

Cardiovascular Disease · Warwick, RINPI 1003812769

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.8% of the total across 18 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. GSK accounts for 70.7% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $153 and has fallen 82.7% since, to $27 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in RI, where the typical reported total is $360.

$353in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 18 payments — averaging $19.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • GSK$249
  • Merck$39
  • Astellas Pharma US Inc$27
  • UCB, Inc.$21
  • Amgen$17

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$33194%
  • Education$226%

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

19
20
21
22
25

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
GSK13$249
Merck2$39
Astellas Pharma US Inc1$27
UCB, Inc.1$21
Amgen1$17

How this compares

$353 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 86 cardiovascular disease providers in Rhode Island.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$181,374
Medicare patients
322
Services billed
1,824

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
EliquisApixaban341$318,856
XareltoRivaroxaban261$240,019
JardianceEmpagliflozin158$145,351
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan145$140,963
Metoprolol Succinate865$14,569
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab18$9,403
Atorvastatin Calcium553$7,929
Losartan Potassium285$3,773
Verapamil Er PmVerapamil Hcl14$3,565
Rosuvastatin Calcium206$3,453
Amlodipine Besylate387$3,073
Metoprolol Tartrate259$2,878
Amiodarone Hcl78$2,600
Lisinopril187$2,147
Bisoprolol Fumarate86$2,009

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other cardiovascular disease in Warwick

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