Ryan Smithee, MD
Internal Medicine · Amarillo, TXNPI 1861924623
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 247 payments — averaging $16.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$860
- Lilly USA, LLC$414
- GSK$339
- AstraZeneca$320
- Amgen$257
- Pfizer$250
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,046100%
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 | 53 | $860 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 25 | $414 |
| GSK | 26 | $339 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $320 |
| Amgen | 17 | $257 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $250 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 10 | $158 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $144 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 11 | $143 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $117 |
| Bayer | 6 | $103 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $101 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $88 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $83 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $77 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $64 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $60 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $54 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $43 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $40 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $32 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 2 | $24 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Novartis | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$4,046 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 7,675 internal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 94 | $103,212 |
| EliquisApixaban | 98 | $95,280 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 108 | $94,088 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 89 | $87,020 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 87 | $65,578 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 28 | $30,559 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 28 | $29,284 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 15 | $26,023 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 12 | $23,853 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 20 | $16,955 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 25 | $16,084 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 15 | $13,325 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 13 | $9,999 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 14 | $9,681 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 32 | $9,408 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $860 | $127,064106 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $250 | $95,28098 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $83 | $94,088108 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $414 | $87,02089 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $320 | $65,57887 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33, Lantus | $77 | $30,97744 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $24 | $30,55928 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $257 | $26,02315 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $339 | $18,55727 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $60 | $16,95520 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $54 | $16,08425 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 85th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.
Other internal medicine in Amarillo
- Jan BurgerHouston$47.3M
- Nitin JainHouston$33.2M
- Muhammad IrfanTomball$30.6M
- Aung NaingHouston$30.6M
- Robert BassSan Antonio$25.6M
- Preetesh JainHouston$19.5M
- Paolo StratiHouston$19.2M
- Hernan SalazarSan Antonio$18.5M
- Nicholas ShortHouston$17.6M
- Salma SaigerMesquite$16.1M
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.