Thuy-Trang Ngo, MD
Internal Medicine · Anchorage, AKNPI 1831327444
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $2,100 of the $3,088 with a category attached, or 68.0%. Novartis accounts for 71.7% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,240 and has fallen 77.9% since, to $273 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in AK 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 28 payments — averaging $110.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$2K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$220
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$216
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$144
- Kyowa Kirin, Inc.$132
- AstraZeneca$119
- plus $42 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,10068%
- Food & beverage$96731%
- Education$211%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 11 | $2,213 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $220 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 3 | $216 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 3 | $144 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $119 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $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
$3,088 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 124 internal medicine providers in Alaska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 83 | $226,518 |
| AuryxiaFerric Citrate | 83 | $135,245 |
| XphozahTenapanor Hcl | 22 | $67,208 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 39 | $47,748 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 134 | $45,635 |
| EliquisApixaban | 24 | $35,647 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 39 | $30,969 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 28 | $30,682 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 38 | $26,854 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 16 | $18,514 |
| VeltassaPatiromer Calcium Sorbitex | 15 | $16,421 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 11 | $15,412 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 16 | $9,381 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 16 | $3,737 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 71 | $3,071 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Akebia Therapeutics IncAuryxia | $144 | $135,24583 claims |
| AstraZenecaLokelma | $119 | $30,96939 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $2,213 | $30,68228 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 90th percentile of 124 internal medicine providers in Alaska.
Other internal medicine in Anchorage
- Loretta LeeAnchorage$8K
- Susan HeverlingAnchorage$6K
- Laurie MontanoAnchorage$6K
- Michele O FallonAnchorage$6K
- Alvaro RosalesAnchorage$4K
- Robin MillerAnchorage$4K
- Mary DemersAnchorage$3K
- Irina GrimbergAnchorage$3K
- Brian TrimbleAnchorage$1K
- Julie McCormickAnchorage$1K
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.