Paul Macdonald, MD
Neurology · Phoenix, AZNPI 1518929249
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 22 payments — averaging $29.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$148
- Argenx US, Inc.$104
- Medtronic$66
- Amgen$52
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$49
- Novartis$33
- plus $199 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$173%
- Food & beverage$63497%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 2 | $148 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $66 |
| Amgen | 2 | $52 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $49 |
| Novartis | 2 | $33 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biogen | 1 | $17 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $15 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- VYVGART$104
How this compares
$650 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 388 neurology providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 38 | $30,588 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 231 | $1,667 |
| Ezetimibe | 66 | $1,197 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 32 | $523 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 36 | $500 |
| Losartan Potassium | 84 | $482 |
| Lisinopril | 53 | $427 |
| Carvedilol | 19 | $377 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 31 | $249 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 12 | $220 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 56 | $191 |
| Valsartan | 22 | $182 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 13 | $35 |
| Mirtazapine | 11 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Phoenix
- David WeidmanPhoenix$7.4M
- Stephen FlitmanPhoenix$4.4M
- Barry HendinPhoenix$4.4M
- Jeremy ShefnerPhoenix$3M
- Danielle CabralPhoenix$2.8M
- Suraj MuleyPhoenix$2.8M
- Todd SchwedtPhoenix$2.8M
- Todd LevinePhoenix$2.7M
- Anna BurkePhoenix$2.2M
- Maria OspinaPhoenix$2.1M
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.