Joseph Adams, MD
Family Medicine · Rocky Mount, NCNPI 1841685112
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 170 payments — averaging $20.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$681
- Novo Nordisk$543
- Bayer$326
- Amgen$249
- Lilly USA, LLC$231
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$179
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,459100%
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 | 50 | $681 |
| Novo Nordisk | 16 | $543 |
| Bayer | 14 | $326 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 9 | $249 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 12 | $231 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 10 | $179 |
| GSK | 4 | $171 |
| Novartis | 5 | $165 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $152 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $101 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $75 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Abbott | 4 | $65 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $37 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $30 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $28 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $25 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $11 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $8 |
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.
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$125
- Tresiba$121
How this compares
$3,459 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 71 | $83,539 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 67 | $66,167 |
| EliquisApixaban | 58 | $55,990 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 44 | $49,174 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 44 | $44,503 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 46 | $40,642 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 26 | $33,491 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 28 | $33,234 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 45 | $32,253 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 28 | $25,308 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 17 | $19,454 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 15 | $9,506 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 63 | $9,501 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 29 | $8,853 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 26 | $8,361 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Humulin 70-30 | $231 | $117,940110 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Combivent Respimat | $101 | $79,29790 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Premarin | $11 | $63,90772 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet, Belsomra | $20 | $54,89072 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $543 | $49,17444 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $165 | $44,50344 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $171 | $38,74662 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $681 | $33,49126 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $152 | $25,30828 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 85th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other family medicine in Rocky Mount
- Richard MichalRocky Mount$97K
- Barton WilliamsWilmington$17.3M
- Alexander MurrayGreensboro$13M
- Arin PiramzadianJacksonville$13M
- Jonathan WilsonHickory$12.7M
- George RaadCharlotte$7.7M
- Cecil FarringtonSalisbury$6.4M
- Christian MartinShelby$5.4M
- John EarlHickory$4.7M
- Patrick MorganteHavelock$4.6M
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.