RxDoctor Payments Data

William Chisholm, MD

Geriatric Medicine · Aurora, CONPI 1932425923

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 85 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 24.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $945 and has fallen 63.8% since, to $342 in 2023. Among geriatric medicine clinicians in CO 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.

$1,435in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 85 payments — averaging $16.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$358
  • Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$160
  • Novo Nordisk$109
  • Pfizer$108
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$99
  • Novartis$63
  • plus $538 from 18 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$1,428100%
  • Education$60%

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.

How this compares

$1,435 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 74 geriatric medicine providers in Colorado.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$188,547
Medicare patients
559
Services billed
2,057

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
EliquisApixaban99$43,059
MyrbetriqMirabegron36$11,725
JardianceEmpagliflozin16$7,823
Rasagiline Mesylate15$5,290
XareltoRivaroxaban18$5,030
Levothyroxine Sodium270$2,913
Atorvastatin Calcium156$2,205
Quetiapine Fumarate99$1,907
Sertraline Hcl109$1,560
Mirtazapine46$1,533
Olanzapine45$1,127
Gabapentin61$1,089
Escitalopram Oxalate65$1,063
Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl12$1,057
Pantoprazole Sodium38$1,015

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
PfizerEliquis$108$43,05999 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$50$11,72536 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$22$7,82316 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$358$5,03018 claims
Lilly USA, LLCOlanzapine$57$1,12745 claims
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Albuterol Sulfate$99$68615 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 74 geriatric medicine providers in Colorado.

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