RxDoctor Payments Data

Kelly Peck

Primary Care · Palm Desert, CANPI 1235856071

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.8% of the total across 169 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 36 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,422, 6.6 times the $214 reported in 2022. Among primary care clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$4,150in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 169 payments — averaging $24.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$651
  • GSK$649
  • AstraZeneca$404
  • Novo Nordisk$340
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$276
  • AbbVie$201
  • plus $2K from 30 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$4,10099%
  • Education$501%

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

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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.

How this compares

$4,150 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 706 primary care providers in California.

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Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol11$10,761
Gabapentin73$1,344
Levothyroxine Sodium105$1,264
Potassium Chloride30$851
Buspirone Hcl36$708
Atorvastatin Calcium53$527
Losartan Potassium70$463
Estradiol16$349
Celecoxib17$333
Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst25$289
Duloxetine Hcl12$267
Trazodone Hcl56$253
Ciprofloxacin Hcl29$219
Pantoprazole Sodium19$211
Metformin Hcl24$199

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AstraZenecaFarxiga$404$10,76111 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 706 primary care providers in California.

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