Michael Leonard, MD
Infectious Disease · Charlotte, NCNPI 1811082290
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,418 of the $1,636 with a category attached, or 86.6%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Viiv Healthcare Company at 43.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $635 and has fallen 63.1% since, to $234 in 2025.
Across 32 payments — averaging $51.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$703
- Gilead$559
- Insmed, Inc.$344
- Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.$17
- Merck$13
Across 140 payments — averaging $839.18 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.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$98K
- Insmed, Inc.$19K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,41887%
- Education$21813%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 6 | $703 |
| Gilead | 12 | $559 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 12 | $344 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
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
$1,636 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 250 infectious disease providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 318 | $1,344,577 |
| OdefseyEmtricitab/Rilpiviri/Tenof Ala | 60 | $235,678 |
| TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi | 57 | $235,430 |
| ArikayceAmikacin Liposomal/Neb.Accessr | 14 | $206,551 |
| DescovyEmtricitabine/Tenofov Alafenam | 46 | $107,546 |
| IsentressRaltegravir Potassium | 43 | $82,588 |
| PrezcobixDarunavir/Cobicistat | 28 | $77,514 |
| DovatoDolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine | 21 | $59,816 |
| TivicayDolutegravir Sodium | 16 | $42,215 |
| Maraviroc | 12 | $15,513 |
| Daptomycin | 13 | $6,580 |
| Darunavir | 15 | $5,654 |
| CeftriaxoneCeftriaxone Sodium | 19 | $5,045 |
| Imipenem-Cilastatin SodiumImipenem/Cilastatin Sodium | 28 | $4,234 |
| Fluconazole | 20 | $1,862 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GileadBiktarvy, Descovy | $559 | $1,452,123364 claims |
| Viiv Healthcare CompanyTriumeq, Dovato, Tivicay | $703 | $337,46194 claims |
| Insmed, Inc.Arikayce | $344 | $206,55114 claims |
| MerckIsentress | $13 | $82,58843 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 250 infectious disease providers in North Carolina.
Other infectious disease in Charlotte
- William HarleyCharlotte$307K
- Christopher PolkCharlotte$9K
- Zainab ShahidCharlotte$8K
- Michael BlockerCharlotte$6K
- Heather MichaelCharlotte$2K
- David WohlChapel Hill$726K
- Cristina GasparettoDurham$613K
- Cornelius van DamGreensboro$556K
- Joseph EronChapel Hill$195K
- William AlexanderCary$164K
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.