Joseph Hobson
Family Medicine · Fort Myers, FLNPI 1376544775
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (56.4%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 41.1% of the total.
Across 66 payments — averaging $27.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$756
- AstraZeneca$217
- Amgen$168
- Novartis$134
- Shire North American Group Inc$80
- Lilly USA, LLC$59
- plus $427 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$382%
- Travel & lodging$75641%
- Food & beverage$1,03956%
- Education$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 3 | $756 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 9 | $217 |
| Amgen | 12 | $168 |
| Novartis | 7 | $134 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 5 | $80 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $59 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $38 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $32 |
| Merck | 2 | $25 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $23 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $22 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 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.
- FARXIGA$106
How this compares
$1,841 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 7,282 family medicine providers in Florida.
Other family medicine in Fort Myers
- Shannon GreerFort Myers$93K
- Noah LeeOakland Park$1.2M
- Angela RosselotBelle Isle$977K
- Richard LappOrlando$702K
- Hal BrownVero Beach$477K
- Lisa EvansBoca Raton$473K
- Giovana Rene CrooksBoca Raton$407K
- Edward BraunSt Petersburg$364K
- Samuel GreenleePensacola$235K
- Kevin FitzgeraldStuart$198K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.