Mark Abel
Family Medicine · Rocky Mount, NCNPI 1225180961
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 397 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 33 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among family medicine clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 397 payments — averaging $14.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Novo Nordisk$939
- Amgen$921
- GSK$322
- Pfizer$261
- AbbVie$235
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,53199%
- Education$361%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 62 | $1,000 |
| Novo Nordisk | 91 | $939 |
| Amgen | 55 | $921 |
| GSK | 24 | $322 |
| Pfizer | 25 | $261 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 15 | $235 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 15 | $215 |
| Merck | 16 | $215 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 15 | $202 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $182 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 10 | $172 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $126 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $103 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $101 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $90 |
| Bayer | 5 | $78 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $57 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Abbott | 2 | $31 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Lifescan, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $12 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Repatha$106
How this compares
$5,567 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other family medicine in Rocky Mount
- Richard MichalRocky Mount$97K
- William CromwellRaleigh$879K
- Steve VacalisGastonia$693K
- David DundeeWinston Salem$633K
- Kevin SodenCharlotte$558K
- Brian ForrestApex$398K
- Joseph KonenCharlotte$322K
- Richard RachimaCharlotte$294K
- Dimitrios HondrosCharlotte$275K
- Domingo Rodriguez-CueGarner$253K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.