Richard Brugman
Pediatrics · Gastonia, NCNPI 1013903731
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $55,370 of the $73,274 with a category attached, or 75.6%. Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 77.6% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $33,916 and has fallen 58.4% since, to $14,102 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in NC 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.
Across 574 payments — averaging $127.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$57K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$5K
- Tris Pharma Inc$4K
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$4K
- Neos Therapeutics, LP$955
- Corium, LLC$753
- plus $2K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,2216%
- Speaking & faculty fees$55,37076%
- Travel & lodging$4,0816%
- Food & beverage$9,60213%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 165 | $56,892 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 8 | $5,404 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 101 | $3,820 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 63 | $3,755 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 75 | $955 |
| Corium, LLC | 45 | $753 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 36 | $545 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 33 | $392 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 14 | $271 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 12 | $159 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 9 | $133 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $92 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 6 | $91 |
| Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.p. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- QELBREE$54,394
- JORNAY PM$2,520
- Dyanavel XR$2,191
- Quillichew ER$579
- Quillivant$460
- Jornay PM 20mg capsules (Bottle of 100)$243
- Quillivant XR$120
- Azstarys$111
How this compares
$73,274 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,818 pediatrics providers in North Carolina.
Other pediatrics in Gastonia
- Vaidehi TrivediGastonia$5K
- Dwight KoeberlDurham$8.4M
- Priya KishnaniDurham$5.8M
- James AndersonHigh Point$669K
- Joseph MuenzerChapel Hill$237K
- Ifeyinwa OsunkwoCharlotte$218K
- Edward SmithDurham$164K
- Katherine SmithRaleigh$133K
- James StillRaleigh$105K
- Daniel LandiDurham$70K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.