RxDoctor Payments Data

Vincent Ho, MD

Geriatric Medicine · Lancaster, CANPI 1124138359

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.0% of the total across 979 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 59 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among geriatric medicine clinicians in CA 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.

$31,649in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 979 payments — averaging $32.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AstraZeneca$4K
  • Novo Nordisk$3K
  • AbbVie$3K
  • Amgen$2K
  • GSK$2K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$2K
  • plus $14K from 53 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$5502%
  • Food & beverage$31,02498%
  • Education$760%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AstraZeneca109$3,755
Novo Nordisk121$3,382
AbbVie(2 entities)82$2,860
Amgen(2 entities)78$2,485
GSK88$2,389
Boehringer Ingelheim67$2,297
Gilead30$1,742
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC55$1,627
Lilly USA, LLC44$1,616
Bayer45$982
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.14$674
Merck23$652
Johnson & Johnson28$626
Pfizer24$527
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC41$508
Optinose US, Inc.4$453
Novartis14$381
Amarin Pharma, Inc.9$369
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.7$306
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.2$250
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.14$193
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$188
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.7$184
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals3$181
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$180
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$179
Abbott4$168
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.2$149
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.3$144
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$141
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc7$130
Regeneron1$130
Edwards Lifesciences1$128
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.1$125
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.1$125
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company1$125
Shionogi Inc1$124
Vertex1$116
Intuitive Surgical1$114
Boston Scientific3$111
Smith+Nephew1$95
Radius Health, Inc.3$90
Nevro Corp.1$86
Stryker1$84
Mylan Specialty L.p.4$83
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$48
Dexcom, Inc.2$45
Genentech USA, Inc.2$38
Mannkind Corporation2$33
Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC2$29
IBSA Pharma Inc.2$29
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc1$26
BD1$25
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.1$24
Corcept Therapeutics1$21
Eisai Inc.1$20
Vifor Pharma, Inc.1$18
Exact Sciences1$17
Dynavax Technologies Corporation1$16

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

$31,649 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 494 geriatric medicine providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$49,216
Medicare patients
232
Services billed
587

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
OzempicSemaglutide261$307,541
EliquisApixaban227$227,137
JardianceEmpagliflozin147$199,662
RybelsusSemaglutide96$160,958
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter204$152,061
MounjaroTirzepatide128$140,131
LofenaDiclofenac Potassium30$130,286
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol99$113,755
XareltoRivaroxaban92$109,501
Enbrel SureclickEtanercept14$109,332
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan69$106,102
OtezlaApremilast15$72,849
LinzessLinaclotide76$66,592
TrulicityDulaglutide44$57,550
KerendiaFinerenone58$53,741

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$3,382$468,499357 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Combivent Respimat$2,297$255,739214 claims
PfizerEliquis$527$227,137227 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$1,616$197,681172 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta$2,389$190,146279 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Brilinta$3,755$189,261198 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$626$109,50192 claims
MerckJanuvia, Janumet, Belsomra$652$107,485116 claims
NovartisEntresto$381$106,10269 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Vraylar$2,860$86,19590 claims
AmgenOtezla$2,485$72,84915 claims
BayerKerendia$982$53,74158 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 494 geriatric medicine providers in California.

Other geriatric medicine in Lancaster

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