RxDoctor Payments Data

Michael Amiri, MD

Neurology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1720161011

Payments from drug & device makers

$30,942in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,921 payments — averaging $16.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novartis$2K
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$2K
  • UCB, Inc.$2K
  • Eisai Inc.$2K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$1K
  • plus $20K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$80%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$5442%
  • Travel & lodging$6162%
  • Food & beverage$29,20494%
  • Education$5702%

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
Novartis156$2,422
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.181$2,117
UCB, Inc.135$1,629
Eisai Inc.72$1,594
AbbVie(2 entities)110$1,429
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.53$1,373
Neurelis, Inc.59$1,300
AstraZeneca(2 entities)47$1,110
Lilly USA, LLC69$987
Pfizer78$968
Biogen51$846
SK Life Science, Inc.49$815
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.33$705
MDD US Operations, LLC62$700
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.8$680
EMD Serono, Inc.39$649
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.33$610
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.61$589
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.27$580
Sanofi28$550
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.34$529
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc48$524
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.42$518
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.57$482
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.22$380
GRT US Holding, Inc.21$337
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.25$335
Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC15$333
Amgen(2 entities)16$313
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.18$290
Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.23$289
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.18$285
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc10$264
Bristol Myers Squibb14$263
Lundbeck LLC15$252
Insightec,inc5$222
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.11$203
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.11$182
Argenx US, Inc.8$180
Bausch Health US, LLC12$178
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.7$174
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.10$167
Livanova USA, Inc.10$167
GE HealthCare8$166
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.8$152
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.6$148
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC7$146
Nevro Corp.1$130
Harmony Biosciences LLC7$122
Johnson & Johnson6$120
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.5$104
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$90
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$88
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC5$70
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc3$65
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$61
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.3$60
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC3$58
Avion Pharmaceuticals3$57
Grifols USA, LLC3$56

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

$30,942 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 566 neurology providers in North Carolina.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$283,497
Medicare patients
502
Services billed
2,773

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
BriviactBrivaracetam163$242,651
VumerityDiroximel Fumarate17$144,319
Austedo XrDeutetrabenazine15$97,929
IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate11$93,881
FycompaPerampanel69$90,280
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate56$88,774
EpidiolexCannabidiol (Cbd)17$79,659
XcopriCenobamate39$43,173
QuliptaAtogepant35$37,177
Ajovy AutoinjectorFremanezumab-Vfrm45$36,582
AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate22$34,810
NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine18$27,379
UbrelvyUbrogepant20$22,221
NayzilamMidazolam20$19,644
Lacosamide160$17,465

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
UCB, Inc.Briviact, Nayzilam$1,629$262,295183 claims
BiogenVumerity$846$144,31917 claims
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo Xr$2,117$97,92915 claims
PfizerNurtec Odt, Dilantin$968$94,888102 claims
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza$580$93,88111 claims
Eisai Inc.Fycompa$1,594$90,28069 claims
AbbVieQulipta, Ubrelvy$1,429$59,39855 claims
SK Life Science, Inc.Xcopri$815$43,17339 claims
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Aptiom$1,373$34,81022 claims
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta$285$27,37918 claims
Lilly USA, LLCOlanzapine$987$1,87639 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$146$1,409225 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 75th percentile of 566 neurology providers in North Carolina.

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