Shawn Murphy
Neurology · Boston, MANPI 1639160534
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 14 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 46.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $538 and has fallen 78.7% since, to $115 in 2025.
Across 14 payments — averaging $58.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$384
- Medtronic$169
- BD$131
- AstraZeneca$85
- GSK$34
- Amgen$17
Across 41 payments — averaging $144,952 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Pfizer$2.5M
- Amgen$1.9M
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$541K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$419K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$301K
- Merck$138K
- plus $208K from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$820100%
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.
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.
- PROCLAIM$182
How this compares
$820 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 761 neurology providers in Massachusetts.
Other neurology in Boston
- Christopher WrightBoston$2.5M
- Thomas ScammellBoston$617K
- Alfred SandrockBoston$490K
- Pushpa NarayanaswamiBoston$420K
- Roy FreemanBoston$390K
- Michael LevyBoston$387K
- Leeann BurtonBoston$325K
- Ilena GeorgeBoston$316K
- Andrew BudsonBoston$304K
- Denis BalabanBoston$297K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.