Roger Fulton
Internal Medicine · Highland, ILNPI 1972542488
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 159 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 28.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $666 and has fallen 60.5% since, to $263 in 2022.
Across 159 payments — averaging $13.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$620
- AstraZeneca$294
- Novo Nordisk$244
- Pfizer$212
- Novartis$125
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$121
- plus $583 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,199100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 42 | $620 |
| AstraZeneca | 21 | $294 |
| Novo Nordisk | 24 | $244 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $212 |
| Novartis | 8 | $125 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $121 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $121 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $98 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $80 |
| Merck | 4 | $52 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| GSK | 2 | $31 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Abbott | 1 | $19 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $14 |
| Apria Healthcare LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,199 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 5,182 internal medicine providers in Illinois.
Other internal medicine in Highland
- Zaid JabbarOak Brook$1.2M
- Merle DiamondChicago$1.1M
- David ReckerLibertyville$868K
- Yazen JoudehOrland Park$661K
- Robert KushnerChicago$516K
- William CruikshankOak Lawn$431K
- Romeo UrsuaChicago$420K
- Shaina RozellChicago Ridge$366K
- Kristi Tough DesapriWinnetka$344K
- Peter O DonnellChicago$318K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.