Vengamamba Polu
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Kinston, NCNPI 1982916342
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 327 payments — averaging $17.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$891
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$628
- Novo Nordisk$613
- Boehringer Ingelheim$475
- AstraZeneca$438
- Abbott$432
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,33595%
- Education$2565%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 59 | $891 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 40 | $628 |
| Novo Nordisk | 39 | $613 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 29 | $475 |
| AstraZeneca | 23 | $438 |
| Abbott | 21 | $432 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 28 | $403 |
| Bayer | 19 | $344 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 9 | $259 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 6 | $104 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $98 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 5 | $97 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| Amgen | 6 | $87 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $85 |
| Merck | 5 | $80 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Cequr Corporation | 3 | $66 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $65 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Insulet Corporation | 2 | $34 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $13 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- AFREZZA$113
How this compares
$5,591 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 232 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 468 | $601,324 |
| Omnipod Dash Pods (Gen 4)Insulin Pump Cart,cont Inf,bt | 467 | $458,961 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 346 | $415,466 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 342 | $303,993 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 376 | $285,791 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 325 | $247,526 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 149 | $235,493 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 180 | $206,676 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-200Insulin Lispro | 105 | $169,467 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 242 | $145,080 |
| Humulin R U-500Insulin Regular, Human | 82 | $130,344 |
| LyumjevInsulin Lispro-Aabc | 135 | $117,133 |
| Lyumjev Kwikpen U-200Insulin Lispro-Aabc | 52 | $89,144 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 86 | $61,023 |
| Humulin R U-500 KwikpenInsulin Regular, Human | 46 | $59,797 |
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, Rybelsus, Novolog | $613 | $848,472678 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Lyumjev, Humalog | $891 | $764,254773 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Synjardy Xr, Trijardy Xr | $475 | $494,396635 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $438 | $285,791376 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $628 | $52,30170 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $80 | $43,64747 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $344 | $34,71530 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $98 | $4,91868 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 65th percentile of 232 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in North Carolina.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Kinston
- Kathryn LucasMorehead City$37.9M
- Mark WarrenGreenville$5M
- Mary LawrenceMorehead City$4.9M
- John ParkerWilmington$4.1M
- John BuseChapel Hill$3.8M
- Wendy LaneAsheville$1.9M
- Anthony BarberHickory$1.4M
- Klara KleinChapel Hill$1.3M
- Thomas OconnellBurlington$805K
- Corey BerlinRaleigh$742K
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.