Samuel Olsen, MD
Internal Medicine · Etowah, TNNPI 1760448591
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 888 payments — averaging $14.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- Novartis$1K
- AstraZeneca$844
- AbbVie$817
- plus $7K from 47 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$13,077100%
- Education$80%
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.
How this compares
$13,086 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 752 | $262,915 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 122 | $134,978 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 113 | $99,488 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 74 | $74,585 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 114 | $73,686 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 371 | $69,697 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 38 | $68,683 |
| ForteoTeriparatide | 14 | $62,411 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 270 | $61,734 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 56 | $59,153 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 54 | $50,321 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 69 | $49,033 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 73 | $43,913 |
| Teriparatide | 14 | $39,620 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 54 | $39,487 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis, Abrysvo | $614 | $279,896805 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Forteo, Trulicity | $1,224 | $256,543192 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Glyxambi, Combivent Respimat, Stiolto Respimat | $564 | $218,032559 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Belsomra, Lagevrio (Eua) | $176 | $95,885351 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $844 | $83,203129 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $1,061 | $74,58574 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $1,263 | $68,68338 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Namzaric | $817 | $51,97970 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $451 | $43,91373 claims |
| Radius Health, Inc.Tymlos | $147 | $34,06011 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $258 | $31,20347 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $1,017 | $19,49186 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 2,216 internal medicine providers in Tennessee.
Other internal medicine in Etowah
- Nathan TrenthamEtowah$404K
- Mark McKenzieChattanooga$11.9M
- Bernard GrunstraBristol$6.4M
- Jewel WhiteKingsport$5.7M
- Judith WhiteKingsport$5.6M
- Obadias MarquezOoltewah$2.8M
- Amanda Moore MillerKnoxville$2.3M
- Rick WhilesBristol$1.5M
- John AndersonNashville$1.5M
- David MorinKingsport$1.4M
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.