RxDoctor Payments Data

Kerry Ross, MD

Internal Medicine · Dickson, TNNPI 1932102670

Payments from drug & device makers

$17,265in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,068 payments — averaging $16.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$2K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$1K
  • AstraZeneca$1K
  • Amgen$1K
  • Pfizer$1K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$1K
  • plus $9K from 51 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$17,215100%
  • Education$500%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Novo Nordisk130$2,181
Lilly USA, LLC83$1,446
AstraZeneca83$1,414
Amgen84$1,193
Pfizer92$1,175
Boehringer Ingelheim61$1,059
AbbVie(2 entities)65$1,014
Novartis52$856
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC60$748
Bayer36$721
GSK44$643
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.42$620
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)29$520
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC28$430
Lundbeck LLC16$381
Merck28$379
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.13$244
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.11$191
Dexcom, Inc.7$144
Exact Sciences8$138
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.8$130
Abbott6$120
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc6$116
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.4$106
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$103
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.5$91
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$88
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$77
Astellas Pharma US Inc3$77
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.3$76
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.4$76
Eisai Inc.5$69
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$44
Corium, LLC2$41
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.2$40
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$37
Corcept Therapeutics2$37
Cepheid1$33
Tris Pharma Inc2$33
VBI Vaccine (delaware) Inc.2$32
Amarin Pharma, Inc.2$30
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.1$30
Harmony Biosciences LLC1$29
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$28
Medtronic(2 entities)2$24
Shire North American Group Inc1$23
Boston Scientific1$22
Nevro Corp.1$19
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$18
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$17
Shield Therapeutics Inc1$16
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$15
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.1$15
Genentech USA, Inc.1$15
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc1$14
Cranial Technologies, Inc1$14
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC1$13

How this compares

$17,265 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$248,034
Medicare patients
704
Services billed
10,785

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
OzempicSemaglutide119$138,361
JardianceEmpagliflozin97$103,210
EliquisApixaban125$100,058
MounjaroTirzepatide73$97,800
Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide94$82,072
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol68$67,505
TrulicityDulaglutide33$62,598
XareltoRivaroxaban75$60,913
LinzessLinaclotide76$50,317
Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec26$42,263
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter53$38,390
Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog16$34,736
KerendiaFinerenone39$31,395
Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr23$26,577
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate21$21,736

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
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$1,446$160,398106 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$2,181$138,361119 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Stiolto Respimat, Tradjenta, Spiriva Respimat$1,059$129,680133 claims
PfizerEliquis$1,175$100,058125 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33$430$82,07294 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta$643$80,825111 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$1,414$67,50568 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$520$60,91375 claims
AbbVieLinzess$1,014$50,31776 claims
BayerKerendia$721$31,39539 claims
MerckJanuvia$379$21,73621 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$77$12,34717 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 95th percentile of 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.

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