Steven Merrill
Family Medicine · Taylorsville, NCNPI 1578582342
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.9% of the total across 243 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 16.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among family medicine clinicians in NC 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.
Across 243 payments — averaging $18.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$730
- AstraZeneca$519
- Amgen$516
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$354
- AbbVie$320
- GSK$318
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,545100%
- Education$50%
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 55 | $730 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $519 |
| Amgen | 28 | $516 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 14 | $354 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $320 |
| GSK | 12 | $318 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 9 | $247 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $209 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 14 | $207 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $193 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $152 |
| Merck | 10 | $143 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $94 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $93 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 4 | $81 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $57 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Valeritas, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Novartis | 1 | $21 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $20 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Organon | 1 | $15 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $11 |
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
$4,550 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other family medicine in Taylorsville
- Deji OkuboyeTaylorsville$77K
- William CromwellRaleigh$879K
- Steve VacalisGastonia$693K
- David DundeeWinston Salem$633K
- Kevin SodenCharlotte$558K
- Brian ForrestApex$398K
- Joseph KonenCharlotte$322K
- Richard RachimaCharlotte$294K
- Dimitrios HondrosCharlotte$275K
- Domingo Rodriguez-CueGarner$253K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.