RxDoctor Payments Data

Richard Blackburn, MD

Neurology · Tallahassee, FLNPI 1558467431

Payments from drug & device makers

$16,765in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 835 payments — averaging $20.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$1K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$1K
  • Novartis$1K
  • UCB, Inc.$1K
  • Eisai Inc.$1K
  • AstraZeneca$927
  • plus $10K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$200%
  • Food & beverage$16,705100%
  • Education$400%

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
AbbVie(2 entities)104$1,397
Lilly USA, LLC66$1,334
Novartis62$1,158
UCB, Inc.38$1,031
Eisai Inc.42$1,005
AstraZeneca32$927
Pfizer36$781
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.35$772
Amgen(2 entities)36$725
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.21$636
Biogen33$609
EMD Serono, Inc.28$587
Lundbeck LLC22$514
Sanofi24$481
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.16$355
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc17$343
SK Life Science, Inc.16$318
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.28$296
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.17$295
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.17$290
Genentech USA, Inc.14$290
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.10$214
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.10$155
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.6$141
Neurelis, Inc.7$140
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.9$137
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.7$135
Boston Scientific5$107
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.6$99
GE HealthCare5$99
CSL Behring5$96
Grifols USA, LLC4$94
Argenx US, Inc.3$90
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.3$89
TG Therapeutics, Inc.3$89
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$75
Livanova USA, Inc.3$73
Johnson & Johnson4$69
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$64
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.2$62
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC3$52
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.2$49
Merck3$39
Medtronic2$38
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$36
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc2$35
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC2$34
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.2$34
Avion Pharmaceuticals1$33
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$33
MDD US Operations, LLC2$30
Vertex1$30
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.2$28
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.1$24
Bristol Myers Squibb1$23
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$22
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC1$18
Abbott1$12
Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$11
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$11

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

$16,765 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,434 neurology providers in Florida.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$71,477
Medicare patients
242
Services billed
1,493

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
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate24$45,215
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm59$40,692
FycompaPerampanel20$36,216
BriviactBrivaracetam12$19,662
Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe17$13,143
Memantine Hcl96$5,751
Duloxetine Hcl200$4,386
Gabapentin189$4,327
Levetiracetam ErLevetiracetam35$2,909
Levetiracetam51$2,830
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa76$2,040
Oxcarbazepine14$1,840
Carbidopa24$1,760
Primidone94$1,449
Nortriptyline Hcl108$1,374

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
PfizerNurtec Odt$781$45,21524 claims
Eisai Inc.Fycompa$1,005$36,21620 claims
UCB, Inc.Briviact$1,031$19,66212 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$52$42935 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 70th percentile of 1,434 neurology providers in Florida.

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