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Michael Delaney, MD

Neurology · Poway, CANPI 1710157920

Payments from drug & device makers

$16,751in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 905 payments — averaging $18.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$4K
  • UCB, Inc.$2K
  • Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$1K
  • Novartis$1K
  • Biogen$831
  • Lilly USA, LLC$724
  • plus $7K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$16,737100%
  • Education$140%

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
AbbVie(2 entities)175$3,720
UCB, Inc.69$1,538
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.98$1,432
Novartis71$1,073
Biogen49$831
Lilly USA, LLC45$724
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.27$528
Lundbeck LLC37$467
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc23$454
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC21$405
EMD Serono, Inc.15$399
Pfizer27$394
Eisai Inc.18$342
Neurelis, Inc.19$341
Amgen(2 entities)15$290
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC14$288
SK Life Science, Inc.13$268
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.14$206
Grifols USA, LLC9$182
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.18$173
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.6$157
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$150
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.7$139
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.6$132
Viiv Healthcare Company1$125
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.12$123
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.6$122
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$107
CSL Behring6$105
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$104
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.4$98
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$90
Philips North America LLC3$84
Averitas Pharma Inc.2$64
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$64
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.2$58
Livanova USA, Inc.3$55
Boston Scientific3$55
Impel Pharmaceuticals LLC3$54
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$53
Octapharma USA, Inc.2$53
Genentech USA, Inc.2$52
Chiesi USA, Inc.2$48
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.2$48
Almatica Pharma LLC3$45
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.6$44
AstraZeneca(2 entities)3$43
Promius Pharma LLC2$39
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC3$38
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$36
Sanofi2$34
Abbott1$33
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.1$33
MDD US Operations, LLC1$23
Corium, LLC1$23
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$21
Microtransponder, Inc.1$20
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.1$20
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.1$20
Merz North America, Inc.1$19

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

$16,751 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$214,356
Medicare patients
471
Services billed
5,092

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
NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate20$97,515
RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa51$40,630
BriviactBrivaracetam14$31,490
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm42$28,260
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate22$28,182
Trokendi XrTopiramate14$18,893
UbrelvyUbrogepant13$16,122
QuliptaAtogepant12$12,789
Rasagiline Mesylate22$10,171
Memantine Hcl208$7,860
Rivastigmine29$7,419
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa234$6,395
Donepezil Hcl381$5,682
Entacapone35$4,916
Sumatriptan Succinate12$3,832

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
Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid$454$97,51520 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary$405$40,63051 claims
UCB, Inc.Briviact$1,538$31,49014 claims
AbbVieUbrelvy, Qulipta$3,720$28,91125 claims
PfizerNurtec Odt$394$28,18222 claims
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Trokendi Xr$206$18,89314 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$288$61259 claims
Lilly USA, LLCOlanzapine$724$12811 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 1,996 neurology providers in California.

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