RxDoctor Payments Data

Robert Sherwin, MD

Internal Medicine · Detroit, MINPI 1740249531

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 4 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 94.0% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $203 and has fallen 89.8% since, to $21 in 2024.

$342in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 4 payments — averaging $85.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$322
  • CSL Behring$21
$83,523in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 19 payments — averaging $4395.96 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.

  • Amgen$51K
  • AbbVie$29K
  • Pfizer$3K

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$342100%

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

19
20
24

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Johnson & Johnson3$322
CSL Behring1$21

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

$342 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 4,567 internal medicine providers in Michigan.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$18,624
Medicare patients
101
Services billed
156

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.

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