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Kurt Johnson

General Practice · Chico, CANPI 1407881741

Payments from drug & device makers

$22,469in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,500 payments — averaging $14.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$4K
  • Amgen$3K
  • Novo Nordisk$2K
  • Pfizer$2K
  • Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$1K
  • AstraZeneca$1K
  • plus $9K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$22,412100%
  • Education$570%

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
AbbVie(2 entities)259$3,937
Amgen138$2,512
Novo Nordisk126$2,272
Pfizer146$1,751
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC97$1,317
AstraZeneca45$1,031
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)92$965
Lilly USA, LLC75$869
Boehringer Ingelheim54$807
GSK48$714
Corcept Therapeutics39$535
Merck35$523
Amarin Pharma, Inc.41$498
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.20$368
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.30$319
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.17$261
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC22$250
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.25$227
Bayer12$202
Exact Sciences12$188
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.11$179
Dexcom, Inc.8$165
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.10$157
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.9$145
Astellas Pharma US Inc9$134
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.9$130
Eisai Inc.7$128
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.10$125
Abbott6$120
Novartis5$107
Mylan Specialty L.p.6$103
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC4$100
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.5$93
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$83
Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.5$78
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$72
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals2$57
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$53
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.3$52
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc3$51
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.2$45
Edwards Lifesciences1$45
Boston Scientific2$42
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.2$41
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.2$41
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc3$41
Bausch Health US, LLC3$40
Mannkind Corporation2$40
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$34
Fidia Pharma USA Inc.3$34
Indivior Inc.1$26
Vertex1$24
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated1$24
Radius Health, Inc.1$20
Medtronic1$20
Seqirus USA Inc1$19
Braintree Laboratories, Inc.1$19
VBI Vaccine (delaware) Inc.1$19
Myovant Sciences Inc.1$19
Phadia US Inc.1$17

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

$22,469 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 12,963 general practice providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$1,418,767
Medicare patients
1,218
Services billed
73,037

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
OzempicSemaglutide254$275,160
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol205$193,875
MounjaroTirzepatide151$161,722
EliquisApixaban138$146,276
JardianceEmpagliflozin95$126,936
ArexvyRsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf330$103,317
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate55$81,809
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab56$56,987
ForteoTeriparatide12$50,449
TrulicityDulaglutide49$49,985
TradjentaLinagliptin37$42,853
MyrbetriqMirabegron67$39,076
RybelsusSemaglutide34$38,929
XareltoRivaroxaban25$37,596
LinzessLinaclotide41$34,207

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
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$2,272$314,088288 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Forteo, Trulicity$869$262,157212 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort$1,031$215,531244 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta$807$169,789132 claims
GSKArexvy, Trelegy Ellipta, Shingrix, Breo Ellipta$714$163,345479 claims
PfizerEliquis$1,751$146,276138 claims
MerckJanuvia$523$81,80955 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid$3,937$42,440144 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$134$39,07667 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$965$37,59625 claims
AmgenProlia$2,512$27,62417 claims
BayerKerendia$202$16,59817 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 12,963 general practice providers in California.

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