Kevin Kurtz, MD
Family Medicine · Jefferson, NCNPI 1396711057
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 149 payments — averaging $16.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$368
- Amgen$292
- GSK$260
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$187
- Pfizer$185
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$183
- plus $967 from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,34296%
- Education$1004%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 24 | $368 |
| Amgen | 18 | $292 |
| GSK | 16 | $260 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 9 | $187 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $185 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $183 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $167 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $97 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $83 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $64 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $64 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Novartis | 3 | $49 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 3 | $49 |
| Bayer | 3 | $43 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $41 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Valeritas, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $15 |
| Abbott | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
| Medicure Pharma Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,442 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 156 | $163,160 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 37 | $29,887 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 20 | $26,926 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 41 | $26,672 |
| ArexvyRsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf | 82 | $25,463 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 13 | $21,209 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 13 | $20,642 |
| InvokanaCanagliflozin | 12 | $20,422 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 32 | $17,628 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 16 | $15,352 |
| ShingrixVaricella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf | 66 | $14,731 |
| Victoza 3-PakLiraglutide | 13 | $14,092 |
| Nucynta ErTapentadol Hcl | 11 | $13,598 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 24 | $13,268 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 13 | $12,486 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $185 | $163,160156 claims |
| GSKArexvy, Shingrix, Breo Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta, Trelegy Ellipta | $260 | $70,372213 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Combivent Respimat, Spiriva Respimat | $41 | $49,95866 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Invokana | $167 | $47,09453 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $368 | $41,85226 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $97 | $26,92620 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr, Janumet | $12 | $26,82349 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $183 | $17,62832 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $83 | $12,48613 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix | $28 | $5,91412 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 80th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other family medicine in Jefferson
- Barton WilliamsWilmington$17.3M
- Alexander MurrayGreensboro$13M
- Arin PiramzadianJacksonville$13M
- Jonathan WilsonHickory$12.7M
- George RaadCharlotte$7.7M
- Cecil FarringtonSalisbury$6.4M
- Christian MartinShelby$5.4M
- John EarlHickory$4.7M
- Patrick MorganteHavelock$4.6M
- Stephen JonesShelby$4.5M
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.