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Reuben Avila, MD

Internal Medicine · Memphis, TNNPI 1073621827

Payments from drug & device makers

$14,665in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 901 payments — averaging $16.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$2K
  • Amgen$2K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • AstraZeneca$1K
  • Pfizer$918
  • Lilly USA, LLC$749
  • plus $7K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$14,47499%
  • Education$1911%

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

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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
Novo Nordisk117$2,164
Amgen(2 entities)101$1,554
AbbVie(2 entities)103$1,343
AstraZeneca75$1,284
Pfizer81$918
Lilly USA, LLC46$749
GSK49$641
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.21$453
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC29$428
Merck29$402
Astellas Pharma US Inc15$397
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.15$350
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.15$300
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.19$296
Amarin Pharma, Inc.13$249
Boehringer Ingelheim13$247
Eisai Inc.10$200
Abbott10$196
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.13$188
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.7$136
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc9$129
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC6$122
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC7$122
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.5$112
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)6$107
Tris Pharma Inc6$99
Johnson & Johnson7$96
Corcept Therapeutics4$93
Bayer6$90
Radius Health, Inc.4$81
Corium, LLC4$64
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.3$58
Boston Scientific2$58
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.3$57
Genentech USA, Inc.3$57
Electromed, Inc.1$52
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$51
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.3$49
Lundbeck LLC2$47
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc2$46
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$45
Medicure Pharma Inc.2$43
Bausch Health US, LLC2$40
Antares Pharma, Inc.2$39
Nevro Corp.2$38
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.2$35
Dexcom, Inc.2$33
Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.1$32
Gilead2$31
Exact Sciences2$30
Bristol Myers Squibb2$29
Novartis2$29
UCB, Inc.2$28
Mylan Specialty L.p.1$20
Inogen, Inc.1$19
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.1$19
Apria Healthcare LLC1$18
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$16
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$15
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$14

How this compares

$14,665 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$298,722
Medicare patients
712
Services billed
12,552

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
JardianceEmpagliflozin95$106,688
TrulicityDulaglutide70$80,830
MounjaroTirzepatide58$76,244
EliquisApixaban69$75,952
OzempicSemaglutide53$66,648
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol50$35,490
RybelsusSemaglutide33$34,761
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter26$25,280
XareltoRivaroxaban21$22,504
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate13$18,626
VraylarCariprazine Hcl12$17,077
BrilintaTicagrelor19$9,030
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium102$8,325
XanaxAlprazolam13$8,220
KerendiaFinerenone11$7,065

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
Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro$749$157,075128 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$247$106,68895 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$2,164$101,40986 claims
PfizerEliquis, Premarin$918$79,12484 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta$1,284$44,52069 claims
AbbVieVraylar, Synthroid$1,343$25,402114 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta$641$25,28026 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$96$22,50421 claims
MerckJanuvia$402$18,62613 claims
BayerKerendia$90$7,06511 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium$122$5,745513 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCLantus$122$2,22111 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 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.

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