Thomas Franz, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1629008172
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by gifts: $2,905 of the $3,614 with a category attached, or 80.4%. MDD US Operations, LLC accounts for 80.5% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,581 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $18 in 2022.
Across 20 payments — averaging $180.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- MDD US Operations, LLC$3K
- Medtronic$478
- AbbVie$46
- Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.$42
- Lilly USA, LLC$36
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$23
- plus $81 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2908%
- Food & beverage$42012%
- Gifts$2,90580%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 4 | $2,908 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $478 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $46 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Promius Pharma LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Scilex 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.
How this compares
$3,614 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 550 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Pennsylvania.
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Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| BotoxOnabotulinumtoxina | 13 | $26,245 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 35 | $20,680 |
| Fondaparinux Sodium | 11 | $19,909 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 15 | $15,199 |
| EliquisApixaban | 19 | $14,371 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 21 | $9,014 |
| Methylphenidate ErMethylphenidate Hcl | 45 | $6,822 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 11 | $6,016 |
| Protriptyline Hcl | 16 | $5,756 |
| Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium | 75 | $5,690 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 150 | $4,526 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 201 | $4,198 |
| Clozapine | 26 | $3,993 |
| Lamotrigine | 219 | $3,697 |
| Baclofen | 125 | $2,906 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieBotox | $46 | $26,24513 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $17 | $14,37119 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 85th percentile of 550 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Pennsylvania.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Pittsburgh
- Michael MuninPittsburgh$43K
- Shelana Gibbs-McelvyPittsburgh$39K
- Alexander BehnazPittsburgh$18K
- Colton HickmanPittsburgh$9K
- Kentaro OnishiPittsburgh$6K
- Karl LiebePittsburgh$5K
- John LeePittsburgh$4K
- Jeffery RoweKing Of Prussia$1.9M
- Michael SaulinoElkins Park$425K
- Huaguang QuChalfont$356K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.