RxDoctor Payments Data

Sean Chappin, MD

Addiction Medicine · Albany, NYNPI 1679740427

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 1,051 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,937, 2.6 times the $1,909 reported in 2019. Among addiction medicine clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$20,324in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,051 payments — averaging $19.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$4K
  • ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$2K
  • Johnson & Johnson$2K
  • Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$2K
  • Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$1K
  • Alkermes, Inc.$1K
  • plus $7K from 22 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$20,16299%
  • Education$1611%

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.

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

$20,324 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 125 addiction medicine providers in New York.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$59,452
Medicare patients
122
Services billed
637

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
RexultiBrexpiprazole30$76,281
VraylarCariprazine Hcl25$39,401
Risperdal ConstaRisperidone Microspheres20$20,864
Aripiprazole138$8,919
Lurasidone Hcl19$7,372
Clomipramine Hcl13$6,453
Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl166$4,612
Desvenlafaxine Succinate ErDesvenlafaxine Succinate53$4,469
Atomoxetine Hcl31$2,286
Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl96$2,168
Duloxetine Hcl106$2,137
Divalproex Sodium38$2,112
Quetiapine Fumarate ErQuetiapine Fumarate16$2,049
Naltrexone Hcl21$1,707
Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl20$1,521

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
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti$1,369$76,28130 claims
AbbVieVraylar$4,212$39,40125 claims
Johnson & JohnsonRisperdal Consta$2,002$20,86420 claims
Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl$58$1,140157 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 125 addiction medicine providers in New York.

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