Thomas Wolff, MD
Hospitalist · Winston Salem, NCNPI 1386605996
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 462 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 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among hospitalist clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 462 payments — averaging $17.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Pfizer$1K
- Novartis$890
- Merck$717
- AstraZeneca$662
- Johnson & Johnson$605
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,129100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 66 | $1,479 |
| Pfizer | 81 | $1,413 |
| Novartis | 56 | $890 |
| Merck | 41 | $717 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 45 | $662 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 46 | $605 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 28 | $514 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 20 | $415 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 11 | $195 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 13 | $191 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 10 | $178 |
| Gilead | 7 | $154 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $90 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $84 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $81 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Amgen | 3 | $56 |
| Abbott | 2 | $48 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $43 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $24 |
| CMP Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Bayer | 1 | $21 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$8,129 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 879 hospitalist providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 25 | $15,576 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 31 | $410 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 14 | $218 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 14 | $214 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 22 | $187 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 17 | $139 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 29 | $135 |
| Furosemide | 19 | $133 |
| Hydrocortisone | 11 | $116 |
| Potassium Chloride | 12 | $115 |
| Prednisone | 38 | $100 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 14 | $97 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $96 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 13 | $85 |
| Losartan Potassium | 12 | $74 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $1,413 | $15,57625 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 95th percentile of 879 hospitalist providers in North Carolina.
Other hospitalist in Winston Salem
- Mahesh ChandrasekharWinston Salem$86K
- Martin AgbemabieseWinston Salem$8K
- Christopher FortWinston Salem$7K
- Brendan McQuellonWinston Salem$7K
- Kale RothWinston Salem$7K
- Christopher PhillipsWinston Salem$7K
- Jeremy YoungWinston Salem$7K
- Nortei DowuonaWinston Salem$6K
- Vidhya ChandramohanWinston Salem$6K
- Jennifer HausmanWinston Salem$6K
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.