Richard Strulson, DO
Family Medicine · Philadelphia, PANPI 1639118938
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 320 payments — averaging $17.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Pfizer$560
- AstraZeneca$551
- GSK$529
- Almatica Pharma LLC$317
- Boehringer Ingelheim$276
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,735100%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 77 | $1,243 |
| Pfizer | 40 | $560 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 28 | $551 |
| GSK | 25 | $529 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 13 | $317 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 13 | $276 |
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $235 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $197 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $188 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 11 | $188 |
| Novartis | 10 | $166 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $161 |
| Merck | 10 | $156 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 9 | $155 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 8 | $107 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $49 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $47 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $38 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $35 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $21 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Concordia Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $12 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$5,735 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 67 | $55,841 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 38 | $39,123 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 20 | $38,243 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 34 | $37,271 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 21 | $27,980 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 23 | $26,923 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 18 | $19,763 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 13 | $19,734 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 20 | $18,785 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 13 | $18,126 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 11 | $10,696 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 16 | $9,980 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 11 | $9,425 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 13 | $8,445 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 704 | $7,663 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $156 | $57,00547 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $560 | $55,84167 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $161 | $48,93931 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $551 | $43,57855 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $235 | $39,12338 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $188 | $26,92323 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $529 | $26,28532 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $166 | $18,78520 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $276 | $18,12613 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $1,243 | $11,73867 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $197 | $9,42511 claims |
| Eisai Inc.Dayvigo | $89 | $3,96312 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 85th percentile of 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Other family medicine in Philadelphia
- Daniel LinPhiladelphia$392K
- Glenn RosenPhiladelphia$367K
- Christopher ChambersPhiladelphia$350K
- Deborah WittPhiladelphia$226K
- Michael AttanasioPhiladelphia$214K
- Jonah MinkPhiladelphia$145K
- Celia EzidiegwuPhiladelphia$118K
- Kem YenalPhila$12.6M
- Marcy FleckerSmithfield$6.9M
- Tiffany PlutoScottdale$4.8M
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.