Michael Clifford
Rheumatology · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1366584013
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 237 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 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,530 and has fallen 66.3% since, to $516 in 2022.
Across 237 payments — averaging $18.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Amgen$831
- UCB, Inc.$738
- Johnson & Johnson$624
- Novartis$301
- Lilly USA, LLC$198
- plus $644 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,384100%
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 54 | $1,049 |
| Amgen | 42 | $831 |
| UCB, Inc. | 37 | $738 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 38 | $624 |
| Novartis | 18 | $301 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $198 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 14 | $173 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 7 | $167 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $54 |
| Sobi, Inc | 3 | $54 |
| Organon | 2 | $45 |
| GSK | 3 | $41 |
| Vyaire Medical, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Merck | 1 | $22 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$4,384 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 43 rheumatology providers in Nevada.
Other rheumatology in Las Vegas
- Ewa OlechLas Vegas$287K
- Walter ChathamLas Vegas$197K
- George KellyLas Vegas$185K
- Nasim DaoudLas Vegas$109K
- William KimLas Vegas$16K
- Aida LoudyiLas Vegas$10K
- Tudor JianuLas Vegas$8K
- Khalil Ibrahim BourjiLas Vegas$7K
- Neil BraunsteinLas Vegas$6K
- Chen TangLas Vegas$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.