Megan Cox, MD
Hospitalist · Rochester, NYNPI 1093158172
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 302 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 44 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $964 and has fallen 98.1% since, to $18 in 2025. Among hospitalist clinicians in NY 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 302 payments — averaging $15.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$641
- AbbVie$539
- Abbott$497
- Pfizer$322
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$216
- Merck$212
- plus $2K from 38 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,626100%
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.
How this compares
$4,626 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,860 hospitalist providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 92 | $131,040 |
| EliquisApixaban | 96 | $88,086 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 59 | $54,714 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 38 | $49,597 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 46 | $42,856 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 22 | $34,068 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 26 | $33,129 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 25 | $30,091 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 17 | $15,458 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 11 | $9,601 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 22 | $7,638 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 17 | $7,440 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 12 | $5,950 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 38 | $5,205 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 590 | $4,408 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $641 | $131,04092 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $322 | $88,08696 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $187 | $83,66560 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $148 | $54,71459 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $197 | $48,58743 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $212 | $42,85646 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $112 | $30,09125 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $52 | $9,60111 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $539 | $2,32049 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 1,860 hospitalist providers in New York.
Other hospitalist in Rochester
- Nelson Chan-HungRochester$445K
- Salman AzimRochester$88K
- Venkata Satish PendelaRochester$9K
- Amar MunsiffRochester$7K
- Bryan TanRochester$5K
- Saquib RahimFlushing$239K
- Zainab Mogul-AshrafMiddletown$190K
- Usman SiddiquiNyack$70K
- Yair SapersteinNew York$43K
- Timothy TiutanNew York$42K
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.