RxDoctor Payments Data

Samuel Suk, MD

Geriatric Medicine · Beaverton, ORNPI 1518028976

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 20 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 35.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $265 and has fallen 88.3% since, to $31 in 2025. Among geriatric medicine clinicians in OR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$456in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 20 payments — averaging $22.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$161
  • Amgen$105
  • Novartis$79
  • Alkermes, Inc.$43
  • SK Life Science, Inc.$31
  • CMP Pharma, Inc.$21
  • plus $16 from 1 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$456100%

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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21
22
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25

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.

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.

How this compares

$456 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 35 geriatric medicine providers in Oregon.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$65,710
Medicare patients
275
Services billed
733

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
EliquisApixaban618$191,055
JardianceEmpagliflozin147$39,554
CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase11$31,981
OzempicSemaglutide29$30,162
XareltoRivaroxaban101$28,731
TrulicityDulaglutide24$26,940
Atorvastatin Calcium883$16,288
Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide29$16,096
Bydureon BciseExenatide Microspheres13$12,600
Gabapentin479$11,489
Potassium Chloride293$9,358
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan26$8,585
FycompaPerampanel13$7,848
Aripiprazole37$7,504
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol26$7,225

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
NovartisEntresto$79$8,58526 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 90th percentile of 35 geriatric medicine providers in Oregon.

Other geriatric medicine in Beaverton

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Where these figures come from

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