Susan Brinkley
Internal Medicine · Frederick, MDNPI 1184648198
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 101 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 25.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,188 and has fallen 97.4% since, to $31 in 2024.
Across 101 payments — averaging $16.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$432
- AbbVie$212
- AstraZeneca$201
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$102
- Lilly USA, LLC$94
- Merck$89
- plus $570 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,694100%
- Education$60%
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 | 25 | $432 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $212 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $201 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 7 | $102 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $94 |
| Merck | 6 | $89 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $89 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 2 | $71 |
| Amgen | 4 | $70 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $56 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| GSK | 2 | $30 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $26 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Abbott | 1 | $22 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 1 | $19 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Ozempic$116
How this compares
$1,700 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,979 internal medicine providers in Maryland.
Other internal medicine in Frederick
- Marianne MannHighland$2.1M
- Param DedhiaBaltimore$636K
- Curtis RosebraughAshton$418K
- Mark CorriereColumbia$402K
- Gregory PokrywkaTowson$377K
- Shawn DhillonBaltimore$227K
- Brian HarveyAnnapolis$220K
- Jeremy SugarmanBaltimore$210K
- Florence HounPotomac$161K
- Matthew MintzBethesda$135K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.