RxDoctor Payments Data

Robert Goodman, MD

Rheumatology · Shreveport, LANPI 1235111907

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.5% of the total across 774 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 31.1% of the total.

$13,722in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 774 payments — averaging $17.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$4K
  • Pfizer$2K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • Novartis$1K
  • UCB, Inc.$1K
  • GSK$883
  • plus $3K from 27 others
$134,714in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 36 payments — averaging $3742.04 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Novartis$74K
  • AbbVie$61K

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$13,24297%
  • Education$4793%

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.

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

$13,722 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 88 rheumatology providers in Louisiana.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$1,140,093
Medicare patients
901
Services billed
89,763

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
KrystexxaPegloticase13$393,199
Cimzia (2 Pack)Certolizumab Pegol11$61,902
Duloxetine Hcl698$12,211
MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium221$5,983
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate207$5,301
Pregabalin195$5,198
Leflunomide104$5,194
Cevimeline Hcl14$3,277
Gabapentin163$3,260
Colchicine28$2,523
Prednisone209$1,779
Celecoxib24$866
Methylprednisolone127$758
Pilocarpine Hcl16$647
Allopurinol86$599

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
AmgenKrystexxa$4,271$393,19913 claims
UCB, Inc.Cimzia (2 Pack)$1,138$61,90211 claims
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Colchicine$38$2,52328 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 65th percentile of 88 rheumatology providers in Louisiana.

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