RxDoctor Payments Data

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.

$108,577in general payments, 2019–2025

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

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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
Eisai Inc.66$33,937
AbbVie(2 entities)37$22,589
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.11$12,347
Biogen4$10,324
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc11$10,145
Merck19$9,093
Shire North American Group Inc11$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.

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