Joshua Scearce, MD
Family Medicine · Murray, KYNPI 1063861524
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 229 payments — averaging $14.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$654
- Boehringer Ingelheim$375
- Amgen$273
- Lilly USA, LLC$256
- Johnson & Johnson$213
- Novo Nordisk$202
- plus $1K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,206100%
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(2 entities) | 46 | $654 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 34 | $375 |
| Amgen | 20 | $273 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $256 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $213 |
| Novo Nordisk | 17 | $202 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $133 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $123 |
| Novartis | 6 | $101 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $81 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $80 |
| Bayer | 5 | $79 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $66 |
| Merck | 4 | $58 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $39 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $35 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $34 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Stryker | 1 | $29 |
| Corium, LLC | 2 | $25 |
| GSK | 2 | $25 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,206 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,559 family medicine providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 114 | $124,342 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 11 | $73,689 |
| EliquisApixaban | 81 | $71,194 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 50 | $50,346 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 25 | $28,863 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 23 | $28,649 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 25 | $27,114 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 19 | $26,662 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 19 | $24,614 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 37 | $23,726 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 23 | $21,646 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 28 | $20,162 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 22 | $19,222 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 29 | $17,232 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 25 | $13,615 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $202 | $124,342114 claims |
| AbbVieQulipta, Vraylar, Linzess, Ubrelvy | $654 | $88,76585 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Premarin | $123 | $76,48293 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $256 | $53,26342 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $375 | $50,34650 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $25 | $36,66158 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $66 | $31,98047 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $58 | $23,72637 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $213 | $21,64623 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq, Veozah | $81 | $20,11937 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $101 | $7,55411 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 75th percentile of 1,559 family medicine providers in Kentucky.
Other family medicine in Murray
- Brian SmithVersailles$7.7M
- Barbara Fleming-PhillipsLexington$1.4M
- Christopher RhyneLouisville$1M
- Kruti PatelBurlington$463K
- Michael LovelaceLouisville$244K
- John RichardLexington$226K
- Diego MastronardiBowling Green$196K
- James TurnboPaducah$124K
- Eleida Tur OlivaLexington$113K
- Jeffrey GreenParis$103K
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.