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Ric Garrison, MD

Family Medicine · Palmdale, CANPI 1295814408

Payments from drug & device makers

$22,285in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 793 payments — averaging $28.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$2K
  • AbbVie$2K
  • AstraZeneca$1K
  • Optos, Inc.$1K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$1K
  • Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$1K
  • plus $13K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$1,2005%
  • Food & beverage$19,73689%
  • Education$140%
  • Other$1,3356%

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
Amgen(2 entities)62$1,655
AbbVie(2 entities)84$1,576
AstraZeneca60$1,441
Optos, Inc.2$1,355
Lilly USA, LLC53$1,344
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$1,259
Merck45$1,083
Boehringer Ingelheim40$952
Novo Nordisk43$880
Pfizer28$583
GSK24$570
Merz North America, Inc.3$542
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.13$517
Gilead5$494
Corcept Therapeutics26$483
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.18$373
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.7$366
Dexcom, Inc.11$293
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.4$292
Amarin Pharma, Inc.9$261
Medtronic8$256
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.12$256
Optinose US, Inc.2$250
Novartis14$247
Sanofi2$242
Indivior Inc.6$215
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC6$205
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8$203
Abbott11$196
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC10$194
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.10$188
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.5$183
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)5$167
Bayer7$167
Tempus AI, Inc4$157
Radius Health, Inc.6$151
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.15$150
Astellas Pharma US Inc6$137
Eisai Inc.6$133
Sobi, Inc5$126
Mannkind Corporation5$116
Intuitive Surgical1$114
Grifols USA, LLC5$104
Biofire Diagnostics, LLC5$103
Stryker2$100
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc4$95
Vision Quest Industries Inc.4$93
Fidia Pharma USA Inc.5$90
Phadia US Inc.4$79
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$79
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.2$73
Tolmar, Inc.4$70
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$60
Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc.3$59
Bristol Myers Squibb3$58
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc3$55
Avion Pharmaceuticals3$53
Organon3$49
Corium, LLC2$48
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.2$48

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

$22,285 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$827,415
Medicare patients
1,062
Services billed
11,019

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
OzempicSemaglutide244$293,359
JardianceEmpagliflozin125$165,616
EliquisApixaban56$77,902
MounjaroTirzepatide67$77,384
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan52$57,737
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol45$52,516
TrulicityDulaglutide31$46,200
XareltoRivaroxaban28$36,922
LinzessLinaclotide31$28,370
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter29$21,287
ViberziEluxadoline11$17,310
Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl60$12,673
Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol11$9,519
Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog15$7,788
Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec11$6,966

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
Novo NordiskOzempic$880$293,359244 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$952$165,616125 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$1,344$123,58498 claims
PfizerEliquis$583$77,90256 claims
NovartisEntresto$247$57,73752 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$1,441$52,51645 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Viberzi$1,576$45,67942 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$167$36,92228 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta$570$30,80640 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 10,533 family medicine providers in California.

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