Reed Friend, MD
Hematology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1124255435
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $23,375 of the $26,599 with a category attached, or 87.9%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. at 58.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $24,446 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $385 in 2025.
Across 29 payments — averaging $917.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$16K
- Amgen$10K
- Johnson & Johnson$283
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$133
- Sanofi$122
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$114
- plus $126 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$23,37588%
- Travel & lodging$1,9207%
- Food & beverage$1,2785%
- Education$260%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 14 | $15,549 |
| Amgen | 7 | $10,272 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $283 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $133 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $122 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $100 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $26 |
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
$26,599 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 65 hematology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| VenclextaVenetoclax | 37 | $543,994 |
| CalquenceAcalabrutinib Maleate | 31 | $460,122 |
| PomalystPomalidomide | 19 | $446,769 |
| JakafiRuxolitinib Phosphate | 24 | $404,921 |
| TasignaNilotinib Hcl | 16 | $303,171 |
| Lenalidomide | 21 | $285,042 |
| BrukinsaZanubrutinib | 13 | $195,384 |
| DopteletAvatrombopag Maleate | 15 | $186,162 |
| PromactaEltrombopag Olamine | 11 | $127,580 |
| EliquisApixaban | 44 | $34,671 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 19 | $14,100 |
| Acyclovir | 106 | $1,398 |
| Imatinib Mesylate | 15 | $1,027 |
| Potassium Chloride | 30 | $654 |
| Dexamethasone | 27 | $423 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $26 | $34,67144 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $283 | $14,10019 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 60th percentile of 65 hematology providers in North Carolina.
Other hematology in Charlotte
- Ryan JacobsCharlotte$1.5M
- Alan Zausner SkarbnikCharlotte$1.1M
- Raymond ThertulienCharlotte$561K
- Ruben MesaCharlotte$384K
- Michael GrunwaldCharlotte$344K
- Nilay ShahCharlotte$228K
- Peter VoorheesCharlotte$157K
- Patricia KropfCharlotte$122K
- Arielle HeekeCharlotte$88K
- Earle BurgessCharlotte$75K
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.