Ronald Heine, MD
Family Medicine · Athens, TXNPI 1013912716
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 267 payments — averaging $16.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$849
- Pfizer$551
- AbbVie$497
- Amgen$470
- Merck$329
- Boehringer Ingelheim$243
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,449100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 56 | $849 |
| Pfizer | 22 | $551 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 30 | $497 |
| Amgen | 25 | $470 |
| Merck | 24 | $329 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 19 | $243 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 12 | $178 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 9 | $169 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $151 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $131 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 7 | $123 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $119 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $94 |
| Bayer | 5 | $80 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $50 |
| GSK | 3 | $41 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Novartis | 3 | $37 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $28 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $25 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $23 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- PREVNAR 20$352
- COMIRNATY$352
- Wegovy$125
- PREVNAR - 13$121
- TRUMENBA$121
- ABRYSVO$105
How this compares
$4,449 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 101 | $98,015 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 54 | $54,386 |
| EliquisApixaban | 78 | $52,855 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 24 | $36,317 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 28 | $35,740 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 26 | $31,471 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 19 | $15,587 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 14 | $13,589 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 14 | $13,300 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 23 | $13,266 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 17 | $13,047 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 12 | $8,260 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 13 | $6,617 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 32 | $6,379 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 12 | $5,881 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Spiriva Respimat | $243 | $118,220128 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $849 | $90,70378 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $551 | $52,85578 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $151 | $35,74028 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $329 | $31,47126 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $41 | $18,75537 claims |
| AbbVieCreon | $497 | $15,58719 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $178 | $13,30014 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $94 | $13,04717 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $37 | $8,26012 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.
Other family medicine in Athens
- Douglas DenhamSan Antonio$68.5M
- Vicki MillerPasadena$58.3M
- Hareshkumar BogharaDesoto$30.3M
- Earl MartinTomball$30.1M
- Lisa HollowayHouston$30.1M
- William SegerFort Worth$27.5M
- Veronica FragosoHouston$24.5M
- Joel SolisMcAllen$21.1M
- George AtieeSan Antonio$19.9M
- Bonnie ColvilleHouston$19.6M
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.