Luke Laffin, MD
Internal Medicine · Chicago, ILNPI 1487942074
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $112,801 of the $162,175 with a category attached, or 69.6%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 27.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $71,538, more than ten times the $77 reported in 2019. Among internal medicine clinicians in IL 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 201 payments — averaging $806.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$44K
- Eli Lilly$35K
- Novo Nordisk AS$29K
- AstraZeneca$14K
- Recor Medical Inc$13K
- Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc$9K
- plus $18K from 7 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $13,719 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Amgen$82K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$112,80170%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,41310%
- Travel & lodging$29,02918%
- Food & beverage$4,8963%
- Education$360%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 69 | $44,150 |
| Eli Lilly | 68 | $34,605 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | 6 | $29,337 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $14,043 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 17 | $12,703 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 8 | $8,983 |
| Novartis Pharma AG | 3 | $8,975 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $3,309 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 4 | $2,518 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $2,000 |
| Novartis | 6 | $1,359 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $116 |
| Abbott | 1 | $77 |
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.
- SYMPLICITY G3$20,069
- LEQVIO$9,088
- APROCITENTAN$8,746
- PARADISE RENAL DENERVATION SYSTEM$7,000
- Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation System$5,432
- Korlym$2,399
- LifeVest$2,000
- Ozempic$116
- ENTRESTO$113
How this compares
$162,175 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,182 internal medicine providers in Illinois.
Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 118 | $120,944 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 35 | $50,247 |
| EliquisApixaban | 27 | $43,191 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 20 | $23,400 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 22 | $23,127 |
| Amlodipine-OlmesartanAmlodipine Bes/Olmesartan Med | 108 | $5,737 |
| Ezetimibe | 144 | $4,429 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 197 | $4,096 |
| Clonidine | 49 | $3,581 |
| Carvedilol ErCarvedilol Phosphate | 17 | $3,440 |
| Colchicine | 13 | $2,426 |
| Indapamide | 94 | $1,532 |
| Olmesartan Medoxomil | 79 | $1,372 |
| Telmisartan | 38 | $1,036 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 89 | $967 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $1,359 | $50,24735 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 5,182 internal medicine providers in Illinois.
Other internal medicine in Chicago
- Merle DiamondChicago$1.1M
- Robert KushnerChicago$516K
- Romeo UrsuaChicago$420K
- Peter O DonnellChicago$318K
- George UrbanChicago$258K
- Kristen PallokChicago$256K
- George NissanChicago$252K
- Daniel CatenacciChicago$161K
- Hiren ShahChicago$144K
- Toral PatelChicago$125K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.