Valerie Sutherland, MD
Internal Medicine · Gig Harbor, WANPI 1962493684
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $3,400 of the $4,978 with a category attached, or 68.3%. Novo Nordisk accounts for 70.9% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $3,436 and has fallen 93.9% since, to $208 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in WA 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 33 payments — averaging $150.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$4K
- AbbVie$915
- Lilly USA, LLC$234
- Bayer$151
- Vivus LLC$79
- Covidien LP$38
- plus $31 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,40068%
- Speaking & faculty fees$91518%
- Food & beverage$63113%
- Education$321%
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 | 6 | $3,531 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 12 | $915 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $234 |
| Bayer | 2 | $151 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $79 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $38 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $31 |
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.
- Kerendia$125
How this compares
$4,978 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,038 internal medicine providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 95 | $104,979 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 83 | $89,202 |
| WegovySemaglutide | 56 | $73,350 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 48 | $36,681 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 25 | $26,528 |
| Naltrexone Hcl | 20 | $860 |
| Bupropion Hcl SrBupropion Hcl | 34 | $656 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 23 | $393 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 16 | $279 |
| Lisinopril | 49 | $265 |
| Topiramate | 44 | $232 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 33 | $157 |
| Omeprazole | 17 | $101 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | $94 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 12 | $53 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Wegovy | $3,531 | $178,329151 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $234 | $115,730108 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 2,038 internal medicine providers in Washington.
Other internal medicine in Gig Harbor
- Peter ShalitSeattle$1M
- Lawrence LoebBellevue$784K
- Shawna PurcellOlympia$294K
- Scott RamseySeattle$230K
- Michael CairnsSeattle$144K
- Peiqing QianSeattle$117K
- Alan KellySpokane Valley$96K
- Emily EgdaminWenatchee$81K
- Royce MorrisonTacoma$72K
- Safoora ZakaPort Orchard$67K
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.