RxDoctor Payments Data

Shawn Badal

Gerontology · Flint, MINPI 1831287663

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.1% of the total across 194 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 36 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,425 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $20 in 2025. Among gerontology clinicians in MI 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.

$3,446in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 194 payments — averaging $17.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$688
  • Amgen$421
  • Astellas Pharma US Inc$342
  • Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$280
  • Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$236
  • Novo Nordisk$108
  • plus $1K from 30 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$3,34697%
  • Education$1003%

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.

How this compares

$3,446 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 279 gerontology providers in Michigan.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$37,837
Medicare patients
115
Services billed
658

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
EliquisApixaban43$47,605
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter46$39,782
OzempicSemaglutide33$37,658
LinzessLinaclotide26$18,703
JardianceEmpagliflozin20$16,238
MounjaroTirzepatide13$15,009
SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate15$7,431
Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart16$6,333
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen279$5,098
Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate69$3,250
Varenicline Tartrate12$2,871
Gabapentin192$2,618
Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine140$2,533
Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog17$2,464
Solifenacin Succinate26$2,101

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
PfizerEliquis$63$47,60543 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta$45$39,78246 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$108$37,65833 claims
AbbVieLinzess$688$18,70326 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro$86$15,00913 claims
AstraZenecaSymbicort$12$7,43115 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 279 gerontology providers in Michigan.

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