Question 1

Has Scott Heelan received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $15,188 in general payments to Scott Heelan across 939 transactions between 2019–2025. Most Open Payments records nationally are meals worth under $20; a reported payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Question 2

Does a payment mean Scott Heelan did something wrong?

Accepted Answer

No. Federal law requires drug and device makers to report almost every transfer of value to a physician, including a $14 sandwich at a lunch presentation. Consulting fees, research funding and royalties to device inventors are ordinary, legal parts of medicine. This site reports what was disclosed; it makes no allegation.

Question 3

Where does this information about Scott Heelan come from?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Payments come from Open Payments, published under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Billing and prescribing figures come from the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners and Part D Prescriber public use files for 2024.

Company	Payments	Total
Novo Nordisk	189	$2,770
AbbVie	180	$2,332
Amgen(2 entities)	75	$1,265
AstraZeneca	47	$985
Lilly USA, LLC	58	$936
Boehringer Ingelheim	29	$549
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	24	$472
Pfizer	29	$460
Merck	27	$439
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	33	$375
Novartis	16	$316
IBSA Pharma Inc.	17	$281
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	14	$270
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	10	$270
Lundbeck LLC	13	$263
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	17	$250
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	17	$250
Johnson & Johnson	11	$238
Exact Sciences	10	$221
GSK	12	$218
Corium, LLC	14	$212
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC	13	$181
Abbott	8	$152
Tris Pharma Inc	7	$146
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.	7	$142
Corcept Therapeutics	5	$130
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc	6	$119
Amarin Pharma, Inc.	7	$114
Neos Therapeutics, LP	5	$95
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	5	$87
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	3	$72
Philips North America LLC	3	$62
Bayer	3	$62
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.	2	$60
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.	3	$55
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.	3	$47
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)	2	$45
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$35
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.	2	$32
ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc.	1	$28
Linus Health, Inc.	1	$20
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc	1	$18
Vivus LLC	1	$18
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	1	$17
Antares Pharma, Inc.	1	$16
Ardelyx, Inc.	1	$15
Phadia US Inc.	1	$14
Tolmar, Inc.	1	$14
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC	1	$13
Genentech USA, Inc.	1	$5

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