RxDoctor Payments Data

Michael Boeckh

Infectious Disease · Seattle, WANPI 1033310222

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $38,367 of the $59,120 with a category attached, or 64.9%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. at 45.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $37,919 and has fallen 96.0% since, to $1,500 in 2025. Among infectious disease clinicians in WA 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.

$59,120in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 26 payments — averaging $2273.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$27K
  • Astrazeneca UK Limited$9K
  • Gilead$8K
  • GSK$6K
  • ADMA Biomanufacturing LLC$5K
  • Merck$2K
  • plus $2K from 3 others
$1,290,384in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 168 payments — averaging $7680.86 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.

  • Merck$1.2M
  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$39K
  • Modernatx, Inc.$26K
  • Ablynx NV$25K
  • Gilead$3K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$38,36765%
  • Travel & lodging$20,40435%
  • Food & beverage$3491%

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.

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

$59,120 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 186 infectious disease providers in Washington.

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