Robert Lewis, MD
Internal Medicine · Birmingham, ALNPI 1164542221
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $121,675 of the $187,252 with a category attached, or 65.0%. Philips North America LLC accounts for 94.0% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $39,892, 3.1 times the $12,841 reported in 2019. Among internal medicine clinicians in AL 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 736 payments — averaging $254.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Philips North America LLC$176K
- Boston Scientific$8K
- Medtronic$3K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$253
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$145
- Abbott$82
- plus $65 from 3 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $1260.27 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.
- Medtronic$11K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Abbott$733
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$121,67565%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,7489%
- Travel & lodging$34,01918%
- Food & beverage$13,6867%
- Education$1250%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Philips North America LLC | 220 | $176,026 |
| Boston Scientific | 375 | $7,961 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 122 | $2,720 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 6 | $253 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 7 | $145 |
| Abbott | 3 | $82 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$113,335
- (9124) LM Undivided$15,608
- CVX-300$15,255
- Spectranetics Undiv$14,398
- IGT D Peripheral$6,750
- (5028) IGT Devices Systems Undivided$6,517
- IGT Devices Und$819
- INGEVITY$625
- Micra$259
- GENERAL BRADY$250
- Claria MRI$159
- Bridge$150
- Carto 3$139
- Cobalt$134
- (AM5) Lead management$131
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$126
- Rhythmia Mapping System$125
- WATCHMAN FLX$118
- GlideLight$117
- Spartacus$111
How this compares
$187,252 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,533 internal medicine providers in Alabama.
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 | 181 | $176,072 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 22 | $19,874 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 75 | $1,163 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 55 | $645 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Birmingham
- Ryan WeldonBirmingham$458K
- Thomas HuddleBirmingham$76K
- Jose VargasBirmingham$49K
- Donna FicoBirmingham$46K
- James SullivanBirmingham$39K
- Ross SchumacherBirmingham$26K
- Larry AlfordBirmingham$25K
- David WynneBirmingham$22K
- James CrenshawBirmingham$16K
- David WilhelmBirmingham$15K
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.