Robert Tighe
Pulmonary Disease · Durham, NCNPI 1831126580
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (55.4%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boehringer Ingelheim accounts for 86.4% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $12,226 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $45 in 2025.
Across 24 payments — averaging $911.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$19K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$3K
- United Therapeutics Corporation$258
- Genentech, Inc.$37
Across 44 payments — averaging $18,227 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.
- Genentech, Inc.$782K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$20K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,92536%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,12255%
- Travel & lodging$8714%
- Food & beverage$9534%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 16 | $18,907 |
| F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG | 4 | $2,670 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 3 | $258 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
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
$21,872 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 393 pulmonary disease providers in North Carolina.
Other pulmonary disease in Durham
- Eric MeltzerDurham$262K
- Scott PalmerDurham$132K
- Lake MorrisonDurham$112K
- Laurie SnyderDurham$101K
- Craig RackleyDurham$33K
- Isaretta RileyDurham$16K
- Michael PritchettPinehurst$1.3M
- Michael WertGreensboro$412K
- Eugene BleeckerWinston Salem$357K
- Bradley IcardPinehurst$299K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.