Thomas Forrestal
Family Medicine · Zanesville, OHNPI 1487644696
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 180 payments — averaging $25.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$844
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$575
- GSK$442
- Pfizer$347
- AstraZeneca$311
- Johnson & Johnson$307
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,49799%
- Education$381%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 16 | $844 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 16 | $575 |
| GSK | 13 | $442 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $347 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $311 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $307 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 14 | $220 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $168 |
| Merck | 17 | $157 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 3 | $151 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $143 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $131 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $122 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $108 |
| Bayer | 1 | $95 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Novartis | 5 | $90 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $63 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $58 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $40 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $18 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Vascepa$479
- Repatha$359
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$357
- Yupelri$125
- COLOGUARD$121
- LONHALA MAGNAIR$102
How this compares
$4,535 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,983 family medicine providers in Ohio.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Clozapine | 27 | $3,547 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 34 | $1,408 |
| Omeprazole | 17 | $607 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 40 | $594 |
| Lisinopril | 36 | $500 |
| Risperidone | 26 | $483 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 17 | $479 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 16 | $305 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 12 | $246 |
| Metformin Hcl | 11 | $101 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Zanesville
- Michael ButcherCincinnati$18.3M
- William RandallKettering$7.5M
- Paul NugentCincinnati$4.9M
- Steve ChoiDayton$4.8M
- Martin SchearDayton$2.2M
- Rajesh DavitCincinnati$2M
- Kwabena OtengSpringdale$2M
- Blaise GattoMoraine$1.8M
- Cathy GreiweColumbus$1.4M
- Brian BeesleyColumbus$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.