RxDoctor Payments Data

Mark Sexton, MD

Family Medicine · Columbus, GANPI 1982678702

Payments from drug & device makers

$17,767in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,155 payments — averaging $15.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$2K
  • AstraZeneca$2K
  • AbbVie$2K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$1K
  • Bayer$961
  • GSK$834
  • plus $9K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$17,726100%
  • Education$400%

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
Novo Nordisk189$2,199
AstraZeneca112$1,781
AbbVie(2 entities)120$1,725
Lilly USA, LLC125$1,496
Bayer44$961
GSK47$834
Pfizer58$830
Boehringer Ingelheim41$697
Antares Pharma, Inc.30$539
Amgen(2 entities)23$452
Astellas Pharma US Inc23$426
Abbott22$412
Johnson & Johnson35$391
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.20$363
Corium, LLC15$362
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.20$334
Novartis17$280
Ardelyx, Inc.15$277
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.15$272
Tris Pharma Inc16$260
Eisai Inc.16$223
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.12$208
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.10$198
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.10$178
Neos Therapeutics, LP9$164
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.9$155
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC10$149
Amarin Pharma, Inc.8$146
Exact Sciences8$128
Merck9$113
Dexcom, Inc.6$108
Halozyme Inc5$98
Lucid Diagnostics Inc.1$97
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$70
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.3$67
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.5$63
Genentech USA, Inc.3$55
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$52
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.3$51
Aytu Biopharma, Inc.3$51
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC3$50
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC3$43
Tolmar, Inc.2$32
Shire North American Group Inc2$30
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.2$30
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC2$30
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc2$29
Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC2$26
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.1$23
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.2$23
Bausch Health US, LLC1$22
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$22
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.1$21
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.1$19
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$19
Sanofi1$19
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$18
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc1$16
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.1$16
Vivus LLC1$13

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

$17,767 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,111 family medicine providers in Georgia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$82,851
Medicare patients
213
Services billed
7,870

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
OzempicSemaglutide65$90,306
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol51$53,156
JardianceEmpagliflozin20$33,072
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter48$30,548
EliquisApixaban33$26,818
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan18$12,357
InvokanaCanagliflozin11$6,244
Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide12$6,160
MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate13$5,221
Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol22$5,070
Olmesartan-HydrochlorothiazideOlmesartan/Hydrochlorothiazide117$4,147
DayvigoLemborexant12$3,930
SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate12$3,782
Levothyroxine Sodium235$2,619
Pantoprazole Sodium262$2,348

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
Novo NordiskOzempic$2,199$90,30665 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort$1,781$56,93863 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat$697$39,23332 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta$834$30,54848 claims
PfizerEliquis$830$26,81833 claims
NovartisEntresto$280$12,35718 claims
Johnson & JohnsonInvokana$391$6,24411 claims
Eisai Inc.Dayvigo$223$3,93012 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 3,111 family medicine providers in Georgia.

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