RxDoctor Payments Data

Mark Fisher, MD

Rheumatology · Boston, MANPI 1932308244

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 22 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 55.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $274, more than ten times the $19 reported in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for rheumatology clinicians in MA, where the typical reported total is $408.

$341in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 22 payments — averaging $15.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$187
  • Organon$57
  • Tonix Medicines, Inc.$31
  • Amgen$24
  • Novartis$23
  • Lilly USA, LLC$19
$92,232in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 29 payments — averaging $3180.41 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.

  • Eli Lilly$92K

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$341100%

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

21
24
25

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
AbbVie13$187
Organon4$57
Tonix Medicines, Inc.2$31
Amgen1$24
Novartis1$23
Lilly USA, LLC1$19

How this compares

$341 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 265 rheumatology providers in Massachusetts.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$1,326,619
Medicare patients
1,451
Services billed
75,183

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
Enbrel SureclickEtanercept60$429,283
Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab47$354,322
Cyltezo(Cf) PenAdalimumab-Adbm38$290,456
Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate47$264,890
Orencia ClickjectAbatacept28$192,305
StelaraUstekinumab12$191,096
Cimzia (2 Pack)Certolizumab Pegol26$172,517
Taltz AutoinjectorIxekizumab24$167,660
Cosentyx Unoready PenSecukinumab17$145,309
Actemra ActpenTocilizumab26$113,695
SimponiGolimumab16$97,395
RinvoqUpadacitinib14$91,092
KevzaraSarilumab21$89,324
InflectraInfliximab-Dyyb17$88,055
Cosentyx Sensoready PenSecukinumab11$80,458

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
AbbVieRinvoq, Savella$187$104,22630 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 45th percentile of 265 rheumatology providers in Massachusetts.

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