Michael Salter, MD
Family Medicine · Mooresville, NCNPI 1841553864
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 229 payments — averaging $15.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$514
- Pfizer$343
- GSK$273
- AstraZeneca$236
- AbbVie$195
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$161
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,42399%
- Education$361%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 44 | $514 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $343 |
| GSK | 16 | $273 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $236 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 13 | $195 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 10 | $161 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 11 | $161 |
| Philips North America LLC | 8 | $151 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $151 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 9 | $133 |
| Abbott | 6 | $129 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $125 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $120 |
| Eisai Inc. | 6 | $104 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $91 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 5 | $88 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Novartis | 5 | $68 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $39 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $24 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $21 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $15 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $12 |
| Merck | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$3,459 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,444 family medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 207 | $236,609 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 171 | $148,497 |
| EliquisApixaban | 154 | $113,147 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 52 | $79,951 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 98 | $56,940 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 55 | $53,370 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 36 | $44,570 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 20 | $31,887 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 44 | $27,557 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 29 | $25,382 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 18 | $22,584 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 34 | $21,778 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 26 | $20,096 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 33 | $19,789 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 27 | $19,636 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $514 | $236,609207 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $161 | $170,275205 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $343 | $113,147154 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $151 | $79,95152 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $125 | $53,37055 claims |
| MerckJanumet Xr, Januvia | $11 | $32,22644 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $68 | $31,88720 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $236 | $27,55744 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $273 | $26,61940 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $195 | $23,97169 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 85th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other family medicine in Mooresville
- Bruce SeatonMooresville$1.9M
- Rebecca AppletonMooresville$538K
- Timothy BarkerMooresville$200K
- Barton WilliamsWilmington$17.3M
- Alexander MurrayGreensboro$13M
- Arin PiramzadianJacksonville$13M
- Jonathan WilsonHickory$12.7M
- George RaadCharlotte$7.7M
- Cecil FarringtonSalisbury$6.4M
- Christian MartinShelby$5.4M
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.