Robert Jones, MD
Internal Medicine · Ranson, WVNPI 1255331021
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.9% of the total across 465 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 33 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among internal medicine clinicians in WV with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 465 payments — averaging $16.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$994
- AbbVie$929
- Lilly USA, LLC$867
- Novo Nordisk$858
- Boehringer Ingelheim$744
- Merck$397
- plus $3K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,701100%
- Education$50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 56 | $994 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 67 | $929 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 49 | $867 |
| Novo Nordisk | 55 | $858 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 39 | $744 |
| Merck | 27 | $397 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 19 | $293 |
| Abbott | 8 | $269 |
| GSK | 13 | $258 |
| Pfizer | 16 | $257 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 15 | $242 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $203 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $188 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 12 | $183 |
| Bayer | 8 | $131 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $93 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 4 | $81 |
| Novartis | 4 | $76 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $74 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 3 | $69 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $64 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $57 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 3 | $46 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $35 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $13 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- FreeStyle Libre 2$138
- JARDIANCE$125
- MOUNJARO$125
How this compares
$7,706 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 573 internal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 163 | $210,036 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 92 | $142,094 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 111 | $131,093 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 72 | $105,870 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 120 | $97,009 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 112 | $95,678 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 74 | $75,218 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 45 | $52,606 |
| EliquisApixaban | 47 | $48,214 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 40 | $35,669 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 26 | $32,262 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 26 | $30,556 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 45 | $20,533 |
| Spiriva HandihalerTiotropium Bromide | 27 | $13,003 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 36 | $8,086 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $867 | $315,906235 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $858 | $142,09492 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $744 | $131,093111 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $994 | $103,763148 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $203 | $97,009120 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $258 | $80,18786 claims |
| MerckJanumet, Januvia | $397 | $62,81852 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $257 | $48,21447 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $76 | $35,66940 claims |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Edarbi | $32 | $5,49616 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $929 | $3,65360 claims |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.Bystolic | $183 | $2,08112 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 90th percentile of 573 internal medicine providers in West Virginia.
Other internal medicine in Ranson
- Vikram DayalRanson$8K
- William ChapmanCharleston$1.7M
- David PickeringParkersburg$599K
- Govind PatelFairmont$59K
- Bisher MustafaHuntington$28K
- Johny AlencherryMartinsburg$27K
- Ali KhanBuckhannon$21K
- Joseph HashemBerkeley Springs$21K
- David PatickHuntington$18K
- Phillip TriplettCharleston$17K
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.