RxDoctor Payments Data

Philip Mease, MD

Rheumatology · Seattle, WANPI 1336218171

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.9%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 57 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.7%. Among rheumatology 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.

$2,137,309in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 2,380 payments — averaging $898.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Lilly USA, LLC$315K
  • AbbVie$313K
  • Novartis$222K
  • Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$198K
  • Pfizer$186K
  • UCB, Inc.$172K
  • plus $731K from 51 others
$3,246,631in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 594 payments — averaging $5465.71 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.

  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$1.2M
  • Amgen$348K
  • Novartis$296K
  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$222K
  • UCB SA$212K
  • AbbVie$210K
  • plus $735K from 13 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$981,52546%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$960,89045%
  • Travel & lodging$162,0828%
  • Food & beverage$32,6212%
  • Education$1910%

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
Lilly USA, LLC177$314,650
AbbVie360$313,487
Novartis316$222,013
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC253$197,608
Pfizer187$186,476
UCB, Inc.196$171,759
Amgen(2 entities)230$141,862
Eli Lilly38$91,932
UCB SA28$91,317
Johnson & Johnson121$89,123
Novartis Pharma AG42$75,622
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.108$72,522
GSK73$46,817
Bristol Myers Squibb39$44,482
UCB Biosciences Inc.16$17,746
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.19$11,718
Janssen Global Services, LLC5$9,263
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.4$7,492
Sanofi32$4,869
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.15$4,469
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.5$2,588
Mylan Specialty L.p.1$2,500
Argenx US, Inc.1$2,500
CSL Behring1$2,168
Genentech USA, Inc.17$2,105
Jubilant Draximage Inc.1$2,000
Vertex4$1,908
Merck3$1,670
Gilead2$1,236
Genentech, Inc.19$851
Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd.1$700
AstraZeneca(2 entities)13$315
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.1$201
Sobi, Inc7$157
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC6$124
Biogen1$112
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg1$76
Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC3$75
Tersera Therapeutics LLC3$74
Boehringer Ingelheim4$74
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.3$71
Organon3$69
Radius Health, Inc.3$64
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC2$56
Bioventus LLC2$53
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.2$50
Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.2$36
Oxford Immunotec USA Inc1$35
Janssen Research & Development, LLC1$32
Octapharma USA, Inc.1$28
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.1$25
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.1$25
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$25
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.1$24
Medexus Pharma, Inc.1$21
Antares Pharma, Inc.1$19
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA1$15

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

$2,137,309 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 157 rheumatology providers in Washington.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$97,506
Medicare patients
65
Services billed
8,969

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.

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