Larry Culpepper
Family Medicine · Boston, MANPI 1225001076
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $77,422 of the $108,577 with a category attached, or 71.3%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Eisai Inc. at 31.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $53,269 and has fallen 66.9% since, to $17,634 in 2023. Among family medicine clinicians in MA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 162 payments — averaging $670.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eisai Inc.$34K
- AbbVie$23K
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$12K
- Biogen$10K
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$10K
- Merck$9K
- plus $10K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$77,42271%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,60012%
- Travel & lodging$14,82014%
- Food & beverage$3,7363%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eisai Inc. | 66 | $33,937 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 37 | $22,589 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $12,347 |
| Biogen | 4 | $10,324 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 11 | $10,145 |
| Merck | 19 | $9,093 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 11 | $6,372 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $2,520 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $1,250 |
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
$108,577 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,049 family medicine providers in Massachusetts.
Other family medicine in Boston
- Suzanne MitchellBoston$69K
- Michael LowneyBoston$13K
- Renee CrichlowBoston$5K
- Jennifer WeylerWorcester$105K
- Megan McCoyFramingham$75K
- Kristina GraceyWorcester$73K
- John GrievesonLowell$24K
- James SalemisRoslindale$24K
- David FarzanLawrence$23K
- Julie JohnstonLawrence$21K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.