Robert Tillett
Neurology · Louisville, KYNPI 1134109465
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,336 of the $1,864 with a category attached, or 71.7%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 37.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,472 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $66 in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for neurology clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $1,714.
Across 96 payments — averaging $19.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$706
- EMD Serono, Inc.$607
- AbbVie$209
- Genentech, Inc.$64
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$58
- Amgen$49
- plus $171 from 6 others
Across 22 payments — averaging $4174.26 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.
- Biogen$42K
- Genentech, Inc.$39K
- Novartis$11K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,33672%
- Education$834%
- Gifts$44524%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 17 | $706 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 36 | $607 |
| AbbVie | 25 | $209 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 2 | $64 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $58 |
| Amgen | 3 | $49 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $41 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
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
$1,864 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 210 neurology providers in Kentucky.
Other neurology in Louisville
- Brian PlatoLouisville$232K
- Kristi NordLouisville$217K
- Angela HardwickLouisville$187K
- Peter HederaLouisville$185K
- Jeffrey FrankLouisville$181K
- Mohammad AlsorogiLouisville$111K
- Tad SeifertLouisville$99K
- Michael SweeneyLouisville$71K
- Michael SowellLouisville$60K
- David RobertsonLouisville$58K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.