John Vassallo, MD
Internal Medicine · Howell, MINPI 1275590119
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 415 payments — averaging $17.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$385
- Novo Nordisk$371
- Boehringer Ingelheim$367
- AbbVie$332
- Novartis$321
- plus $4K from 52 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$210%
- Food & beverage$7,20999%
- Education$200%
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.
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.
- FARXIGA$125
How this compares
$7,251 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,567 internal medicine providers in Michigan.
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 | 1,100 | $315,506 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 560 | $139,873 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 192 | $117,349 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 118 | $106,039 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 12 | $95,852 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 92 | $84,948 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 157 | $52,118 |
| Nitrofurantoin | 14 | $49,829 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 187 | $44,449 |
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 12 | $41,185 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 30 | $34,419 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 133 | $33,413 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 138 | $28,345 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 2,608 | $22,477 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 211 | $21,434 |
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 | $224 | $315,5061,100 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Combivent Respimat, Spiriva Respimat, Stiolto Respimat | $367 | $176,655619 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $1,548 | $137,331223 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $204 | $126,202163 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $287 | $84,94892 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $183 | $52,118157 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $85 | $44,449187 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Vraylar | $332 | $42,172145 claims |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid | $29 | $41,18512 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $371 | $34,41930 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $101 | $28,345138 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $321 | $17,96082 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 90th percentile of 4,567 internal medicine providers in Michigan.
Other internal medicine in Howell
- Ulka VaishampayanAnn Arbor$33.7M
- Jeffrey PottsBay City$14.7M
- Neil FraserTroy$14.3M
- Abdulhassan SaadDearborn$11.5M
- Leslie PelkeyGrand Rapids$8.5M
- Jay SandbergTroy$8.3M
- Ding WangDetroit$6.8M
- Dipenkumar ModiDetroit$4.1M
- Ahmed ArifFlint$4.1M
- Sudipto MukherjeeRoyal Oak$3.1M
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.