RxDoctor Payments Data

Michael Postow

Internal Medicine · Boston, MANPI 1487853594

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $71,218 of the $104,893 with a category attached, or 67.9%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. at 39.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $32,740 and has fallen 82.8% since, to $5,640 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in MA 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.

$104,893in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 60 payments — averaging $1748.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$41K
  • Merck$28K
  • Novartis$8K
  • Array Biopharma Inc$7K
  • Pfizer$5K
  • Eisai CO., LTD.$4K
  • plus $12K from 5 others
$916,265in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 47 payments — averaging $19,495 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$562K
  • Array Biopharma Inc$126K
  • Genentech, Inc.$117K
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$104K
  • Pfizer$7K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$71,21868%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$12,25012%
  • Travel & lodging$20,28719%
  • Food & beverage$1,1381%

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
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.24$41,407
Merck16$27,673
Novartis4$8,330
Array Biopharma Inc6$6,542
Pfizer3$4,810
Eisai CO., LTD.2$3,750
Bristol Myers Squibb1$3,081
Whitehall International Inc1$3,000
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.1$2,280
Genentech, Inc.1$2,145
Eisai Inc.1$1,875

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

$104,893 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,983 internal medicine providers in Massachusetts.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$85,247
Medicare patients
236
Services billed
732

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
MektoviBinimetinib32$396,369
BraftoviEncorafenib30$375,825
Triamcinolone Acetonide18$286
Prednisone43$198
Levothyroxine Sodium26$124

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
Array Biopharma IncMektovi, Braftovi$6,542$772,19462 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 95th percentile of 4,983 internal medicine providers in Massachusetts.

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