RxDoctor Payments Data

Joshua Keller, MD

Rheumatology · Portland, MENPI 1578975439

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Novartis. That places this record below the midpoint for rheumatology clinicians in ME, where the typical reported total is $238.

$14in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1 payment — averaging $13.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novartis$14

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$14100%

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.

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
Novartis1$14

How this compares

$14 in reported general payments places this provider in the 10th percentile of 28 rheumatology providers in Maine.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$812,565
Medicare patients
250
Services billed
85,279

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
Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab39$347,761
Enbrel SureclickEtanercept35$275,166
Actemra ActpenTocilizumab14$125,254
Cosentyx Unoready PenSecukinumab14$105,073
Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate17$94,459
Teriparatide12$25,468
Mycophenolate Mofetil47$14,367
ActemraTocilizumab16$13,540
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate176$11,549
MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium309$7,188
Colchicine44$6,001
Prednisone546$4,464
Leflunomide21$2,412
Sulfasalazine DrSulfasalazine43$2,035
Allopurinol147$1,715

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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