RxDoctor Payments Data

Steve Kirk, MD

Neurology · Durham, NCNPI 1679708754

Payments from drug & device makers

$61,347in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 787 payments — averaging $77.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$18K
  • Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC$8K
  • Eisai Inc.$8K
  • Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc$7K
  • Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$6K
  • Livanova USA, Inc.$4K
  • plus $10K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$7,96514%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$34,20160%
  • Travel & lodging$8201%
  • Food & beverage$13,60724%
  • Education$4851%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.97$17,859
Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC27$7,641
Eisai Inc.32$7,530
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc13$7,330
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.41$6,165
Livanova USA, Inc.12$4,268
Harmony Biosciences LLC94$1,589
UCB, Inc.53$1,102
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.48$1,065
AbbVie(2 entities)51$856
Novartis35$609
AstraZeneca(2 entities)24$492
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.29$354
Pfizer19$349
Neurelis, Inc.13$247
TG Therapeutics, Inc.9$246
Amgen11$207
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.9$195
Argenx US, Inc.7$180
Lundbeck LLC7$175
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC7$152
Grifols USA, LLC7$150
SK Life Science, Inc.6$150
Sanofi6$149
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.8$146
MDD US Operations, LLC8$141
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8$125
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.6$121
Corium, LLC4$118
Bristol Myers Squibb5$111
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc8$105
Lilly USA, LLC7$102
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$84
Merck5$78
Biogen5$71
Resmed Corp1$61
GE HealthCare4$61
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$58
CSL Behring4$55
EMD Serono, Inc.3$49
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC3$49
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.2$49
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$48
Avion Pharmaceuticals3$46
Itamar Medical Inc1$43
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.2$42
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.3$39
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.2$36
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.1$35
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$33
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC2$33
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.2$32
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC2$31
Somnomed Inc.1$28
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.2$27
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.1$26
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc2$26
Bausch Health US, LLC1$21
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.1$21
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.1$19

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

$61,347 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 566 neurology providers in North Carolina.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$657,583
Medicare patients
529
Services billed
18,415

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
Sodium Oxybate28$455,945
XywavSodium,calcium,mag,pot Oxybate25$368,002
LumryzSodium Oxybate21$303,754
WakixPitolisant Hcl11$170,439
NeuproRotigotine57$43,895
BelsomraSuvorexant70$33,985
AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate13$18,747
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate16$16,877
QuviviqDaridorexant Hcl30$14,700
Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe12$8,474
LamictalLamotrigine12$7,745
Depakote SprinkleDivalproex Sodium12$5,057
Gabapentin138$3,183
Memantine Hcl122$2,817
Pregabalin59$2,088

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
Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLCLumryz$7,641$303,75421 claims
Harmony Biosciences LLCWakix$1,589$170,43911 claims
UCB, Inc.Neupro$1,102$43,89557 claims
MerckBelsomra$78$33,98570 claims
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Aptiom$354$18,74713 claims
PfizerNurtec Odt$349$16,87716 claims
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US IncQuviviq$7,330$14,70030 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$33$48234 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 80th percentile of 566 neurology providers in North Carolina.

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