Larry Brazley
Rheumatology · Merrillville, INNPI 1093723793
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.3% of the total across 213 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 27.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,467 and has fallen 51.5% since, to $712 in 2021.
Across 213 payments — averaging $15.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$881
- AbbVie$554
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$319
- Pfizer$250
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$236
- Lilly USA, LLC$176
- plus $834 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,19498%
- Education$562%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 70 | $881 |
| AbbVie | 33 | $554 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 17 | $319 |
| Pfizer | 21 | $250 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 14 | $236 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $176 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 10 | $135 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $126 |
| UCB, Inc. | 8 | $123 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $98 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $88 |
| GSK | 6 | $84 |
| Novartis | 4 | $76 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $14 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,250 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 106 rheumatology providers in Indiana.
Other rheumatology in Merrillville
- Ahmad SalahMerrillville$139K
- David BattIndianapolis$577K
- Kathleen ThomasNoblesville$511K
- Keith ReichDyer$193K
- Douglas SmithIndianapolis$147K
- Inna AroutiounovaIndianapolis$102K
- James CohenIndianapolis$76K
- Nina RamessarFort Wayne$75K
- Anita ZachariahMunster$37K
- James EhlichIndianapolis$27K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.