Richard Watson, MD
Family Medicine · Parkersburg, WVNPI 1871541235
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 172 payments — averaging $15.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$882
- Novo Nordisk$308
- AstraZeneca$257
- GSK$182
- Amgen$129
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$101
- plus $835 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,693100%
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) | 57 | $882 |
| Novo Nordisk | 20 | $308 |
| AstraZeneca | 17 | $257 |
| GSK | 12 | $182 |
| Amgen | 9 | $129 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $101 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $95 |
| Novartis | 6 | $82 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Merck | 4 | $68 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 4 | $57 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $57 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $38 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $36 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Apria Healthcare LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $12 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $9 |
How this compares
$2,693 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 843 family medicine providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 65 | $74,459 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 58 | $56,594 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 44 | $47,892 |
| EliquisApixaban | 52 | $45,464 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 52 | $42,213 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 45 | $38,453 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 31 | $32,931 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 37 | $27,952 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 23 | $21,418 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 18 | $20,476 |
| InvokanaCanagliflozin | 11 | $14,456 |
| Bydureon BciseExenatide Microspheres | 12 | $9,772 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 26 | $8,786 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 937 | $7,985 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 14 | $6,663 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $308 | $112,911110 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $68 | $56,59458 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta, Symbicort | $257 | $52,80483 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $36 | $47,89244 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Invokana | $38 | $47,38742 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $95 | $45,46452 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $82 | $27,95237 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $182 | $21,41823 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $52 | $20,47618 claims |
| AbbVieCreon, Lumigan | $882 | $7,35025 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 80th percentile of 843 family medicine providers in West Virginia.
Other family medicine in Parkersburg
- James SpychalskiParkersburg$16K
- Wilbur SineMorgantown$179K
- Dorian WilliamsMorgantown$169K
- Julie DetempleSouth Charleston$129K
- Clemente DiazRichwood$127K
- John CornellHuntington$94K
- Mark CucuzzellaHarpers Ferry$59K
- Courtney PilkertonMorgantown$45K
- Isha WoofterClarksburg$27K
- Dominick WoofterClarksburg$27K
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.