Kenneth Cloninger
Family Medicine · Shelby, NCNPI 1265411086
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 230 payments — averaging $16.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$765
- AbbVie$734
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$232
- Novo Nordisk$209
- AstraZeneca$181
- Boehringer Ingelheim$178
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,810100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 40 | $765 |
| AbbVie | 43 | $734 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $232 |
| Novo Nordisk | 16 | $209 |
| AstraZeneca | 13 | $181 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $178 |
| Bayer | 9 | $160 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $156 |
| Amgen | 10 | $150 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 7 | $137 |
| Merck | 7 | $109 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $92 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 4 | $73 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $69 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $63 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $58 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $53 |
| Novartis | 3 | $49 |
| GSK | 4 | $49 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $34 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
| Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 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.
- XARELTO$113
How this compares
$3,810 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 27 | $15,647 |
| EliquisApixaban | 24 | $12,812 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 14 | $8,017 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 13 | $7,097 |
| Potassium Chloride | 133 | $5,857 |
| Memantine Hcl | 98 | $4,614 |
| Divalproex Sodium | 50 | $2,233 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 160 | $2,156 |
| Timolol Maleate | 16 | $1,756 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 133 | $1,668 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 26 | $1,656 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 163 | $1,654 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 48 | $1,537 |
| Ezetimibe | 15 | $1,494 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 91 | $1,426 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $178 | $22,74440 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $34 | $12,81224 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $181 | $8,01714 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 Shelby
- Christian MartinShelby$5.4M
- Stephen JonesShelby$4.5M
- Barton WilliamsWilmington$17.3M
- Alexander MurrayGreensboro$13M
- Arin PiramzadianJacksonville$13M
- Jonathan WilsonHickory$12.7M
- George RaadCharlotte$7.7M
- Cecil FarringtonSalisbury$6.4M
- John EarlHickory$4.7M
- Patrick MorganteHavelock$4.6M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.