RxDoctor Payments Data

Peter Hunt

Internal Medicine · San Francisco, CANPI 1730296484

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $63,768 of the $79,362 with a category attached, or 80.3%. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by Viiv Healthcare Company at 50.0% of the total. Among internal medicine clinicians in CA 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.

$79,362in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 57 payments — averaging $1392.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Viiv Healthcare Company$40K
  • Merck$31K
  • Gilead$8K
$9,712,017in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 16 payments — averaging $607,001 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$6.4M
  • Gilead$3.3M

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$63,76880%
  • Travel & lodging$14,16018%
  • Food & beverage$1,4352%

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
Viiv Healthcare Company8$39,670
Merck40$31,330
Gilead9$8,363

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

$79,362 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.

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Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala46$192,080
PifeltroDoravirine18$29,830
TivicayDolutegravir Sodium13$27,854
Fluconazole13$393
Gabapentin11$286
Bupropion Hcl SrBupropion Hcl13$89
Amlodipine Besylate-BenazeprilAmlodipine Besylate/Benazepril13$40
Lorazepam14$32
Rosuvastatin Calcium13$21

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
GileadBiktarvy$8,363$192,08046 claims
MerckPifeltro$31,330$29,83018 claims
Viiv Healthcare CompanyTivicay$39,670$27,85413 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 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.

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