RxDoctor Payments Data

Mark McKenzie

Internal Medicine · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1821064122

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,424 of the $2,109 with a category attached, or 67.5%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bristol Myers Squibb at 44.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,972 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $18 in 2024.

$2,109in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 31 payments — averaging $68.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Bristol Myers Squibb$936
  • Eli Lilly$903
  • AbbVie$119
  • Sanofi$98
  • Boston Scientific$20
  • GSK$18
  • plus $14 from 1 others
$12,065,133in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,212 payments — averaging $9954.73 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.

  • Modernatx, Inc.$6.3M
  • AbbVie$1.3M
  • Pfizer$970K
  • Novavax Inc$631K
  • Eli Lilly$444K
  • Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$440K
  • plus $2M from 26 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$1,42468%
  • Food & beverage$68532%

General payments by program year

19
22
24

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
Bristol Myers Squibb4$936
Eli Lilly22$903
AbbVie1$119
Sanofi1$98
Boston Scientific1$20
GSK1$18
Gilead1$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

$2,109 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.

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