RxDoctor Payments Data

Peter Shalit, MD

Internal Medicine · Seattle, WANPI 1831181700

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $678,253 of the $1,010,691 with a category attached, or 67.1%. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Viiv Healthcare Company at 50.6% of the total. Among internal medicine clinicians in WA 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.

$1,010,691in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,400 payments — averaging $721.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Viiv Healthcare Company$511K
  • Gilead$259K
  • EMD Serono, Inc.$131K
  • Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$42K
  • Merck$33K
  • Janssen Products, LP$23K
  • plus $11K from 28 others
$1,724,245in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 276 payments — averaging $6247.27 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.

  • Gilead$918K
  • Viiv Healthcare Company$454K
  • Merck$218K
  • AbbVie$78K
  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$48K
  • Seqirus USA Inc$8K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$147,75615%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$678,25367%
  • Travel & lodging$150,43915%
  • Food & beverage$33,9753%
  • Education$2690%

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.

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

$1,010,691 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,038 internal medicine providers in Washington.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$46,911
Medicare patients
88
Services billed
696

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
OdefseyEmtricitab/Rilpiviri/Tenof Ala113$445,334
DescovyEmtricitabine/Tenofov Alafenam191$431,496
BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala103$430,639
TivicayDolutegravir Sodium157$361,691
SymtuzaDarunavir/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alaf79$360,175
JulucaDolutegravir/Rilpivirine87$342,229
PrezcobixDarunavir/Cobicistat89$239,610
GenvoyaElviteg/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alafen53$208,827
DovatoDolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine42$124,324
IsentressRaltegravir Potassium45$90,577
Isentress HdRaltegravir Potassium46$89,061
OzempicSemaglutide37$67,030
PifeltroDoravirine25$46,545
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate53$40,574
EliquisApixaban35$37,098

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
GileadDescovy, Biktarvy, Genvoya, Tybost$258,729$1,074,760360 claims
Viiv Healthcare CompanyTivicay, Juluca, Dovato$510,970$828,244286 claims
Janssen Products, LPSymtuza$22,646$360,17579 claims
MerckIsentress, Isentress Hd, Pifeltro, Januvia$33,486$266,757169 claims
Johnson & JohnsonPrezcobix, Xarelto$905$264,811122 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$318$67,03037 claims
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLCEdurant, Prezista$42,466$54,74139 claims
PfizerEliquis$515$37,09835 claims
AbbVieViberzi$217$17,43311 claims
GSKBreo Ellipta$4,847$6,19520 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 2,038 internal medicine providers in Washington.

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