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Samantha Benson, MD

Internal Medicine · Suwanee, GANPI 1235286584

Payments from drug & device makers

$12,443in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 808 payments — averaging $15.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$2K
  • AbbVie$2K
  • Amgen$1K
  • Astellas Pharma US Inc$1K
  • AstraZeneca$588
  • Pfizer$517
  • plus $5K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$11,71194%
  • Education$7326%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Novo Nordisk126$1,751
AbbVie(2 entities)156$1,544
Amgen(2 entities)85$1,406
Astellas Pharma US Inc52$1,310
AstraZeneca36$588
Pfizer27$517
Tris Pharma Inc28$516
Lilly USA, LLC29$456
GSK28$421
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.26$370
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.30$259
Abbott10$203
Amarin Pharma, Inc.12$179
Eisai Inc.6$141
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC7$130
Boehringer Ingelheim6$125
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.7$122
Novartis8$112
Noven Therapeutics, LLC5$108
Lundbeck LLC5$106
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.5$105
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC6$96
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.6$93
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.4$89
Millicent US Inc2$85
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.4$82
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$78
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$75
Neos Therapeutics, LP5$74
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.5$74
Corium, LLC5$72
Exact Sciences4$70
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$66
Bayer3$66
Corcept Therapeutics3$64
Merck4$64
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.3$56
Alfasigma USA, Inc.3$50
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$49
Biogen2$49
Johnson & Johnson3$48
Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC3$46
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.2$45
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$40
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$39
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC2$38
Vivus LLC3$37
Therapeuticsmd, Inc.2$36
Phadia US Inc.2$36
Hologic Sales And Service, LLC2$34
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.2$29
IBSA Pharma Inc.2$28
ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc.1$27
Teleflex LLC1$21
Shield Therapeutics Inc1$19
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$18
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.1$17
Bausch Health US, LLC1$15
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC1$15
Genentech USA, Inc.1$14

How this compares

$12,443 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,311 internal medicine providers in Georgia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$176,855
Medicare patients
341
Services billed
5,610

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol82$81,386
OzempicSemaglutide32$48,896
RybelsusSemaglutide41$48,463
ProliaDenosumab28$48,132
MounjaroTirzepatide37$41,395
EliquisApixaban41$41,024
XareltoRivaroxaban24$33,335
JardianceEmpagliflozin23$33,070
JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl18$28,855
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate25$28,396
MyrbetriqMirabegron43$28,280
GemtesaVibegron21$14,937
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab18$10,016
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium76$8,781
Desvenlafaxine Succinate ErDesvenlafaxine Succinate44$4,811

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$1,751$97,35973 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$588$81,38682 claims
MerckJanumet, Januvia$64$57,25143 claims
AmgenProlia$1,406$48,13228 claims
PfizerEliquis, Paxlovid$517$42,39256 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro$456$41,39537 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$48$33,33524 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$125$33,07023 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$1,310$28,28043 claims
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa$89$14,93721 claims
AbbVieSynthroid, Armour Thyroid$1,544$11,643108 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium$96$3,249404 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 95th percentile of 3,311 internal medicine providers in Georgia.

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