RxDoctor Payments Data

Lawrence Hwang, MD

Family Medicine · Thousand Oaks, CANPI 1285894949

Payments from drug & device makers

$7,335in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 380 payments — averaging $19.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$2K
  • Amgen$867
  • Astellas Pharma US Inc$387
  • Abbott$360
  • Pfizer$331
  • Novartis$303
  • plus $3K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$7,24099%
  • Education$951%

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)117$2,004
Amgen(2 entities)40$867
Astellas Pharma US Inc14$387
Abbott16$360
Pfizer18$331
Novartis15$303
GSK14$245
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.10$195
Lilly USA, LLC10$176
Johnson & Johnson17$173
Radius Health, Inc.8$162
Stryker1$150
Merck7$132
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.2$116
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.4$87
Nevro Corp.3$86
Grifols USA, LLC3$74
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$69
Corcept Therapeutics3$66
Amarin Pharma, Inc.3$64
Bayer3$62
Novo Nordisk4$60
Hologic Sales And Service, LLC3$59
Lundbeck LLC2$58
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.3$55
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$54
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.4$54
Genentech USA, Inc.3$49
Exact Sciences3$46
BD2$41
Boston Scientific2$41
Medtronic2$40
Lucid Diagnostics Inc.2$37
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC2$37
AstraZeneca2$36
Eisai Inc.2$35
Myovant Sciences Inc.1$34
Vertiflex, Inc.2$30
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.2$30
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC2$30
Phadia US Inc.1$29
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$29
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.1$26
Merit Medical Systems Inc1$26
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.1$24
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.1$22
Shield Therapeutics Inc1$22
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$21
Angiodynamics, Inc.1$20
Endogastric Solutions, Inc2$19
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.1$18
Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC1$18
Boehringer Ingelheim1$17
Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation1$17
Corium, LLC1$16
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.1$16
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC1$16
Axonics, Inc.1$16
Almatica Pharma LLC1$15
Neos Therapeutics, LP1$14

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

$7,335 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$287,581
Medicare patients
503
Services billed
5,527

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
EliquisApixaban59$69,021
OzempicSemaglutide18$34,682
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate27$33,622
XareltoRivaroxaban38$33,275
JardianceEmpagliflozin18$22,953
MounjaroTirzepatide16$20,704
Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide13$11,441
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter15$8,544
Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog22$4,176
Tegretol XrCarbamazepine12$3,408
Atorvastatin Calcium346$3,377
Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro12$3,103
Valsartan58$2,465
Levothyroxine Sodium227$2,393
Nano 2nd Gen Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic13$2,137

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
PfizerEliquis$331$69,02159 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$60$34,68218 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat$17$34,39531 claims
MerckJanuvia$132$33,62227 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$173$33,27538 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro$176$20,70416 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta$245$8,54415 claims
AbbVieSynthroid$2,004$1,51232 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 90th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.

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