RxDoctor Payments Data

Wilson Colucci

Cardiovascular Disease · Boston, MANPI 1588629505

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.2%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Merck. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in MA 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.

$62,632in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 28 payments — averaging $2236.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Merck$63K
$610,127in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 7 payments — averaging $87,161 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Merck$544K
  • Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$66K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$30,80049%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$30,54549%
  • Travel & lodging$1,1222%
  • Food & beverage$1650%

General payments by program year

19
20
21
22

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
Merck28$62,632

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

$62,632 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 750 cardiovascular disease providers in Massachusetts.

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Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
JardianceEmpagliflozin21$13,126
Metoprolol Succinate12$276
Torsemide11$234
Atorvastatin Calcium18$168

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other cardiovascular disease in Boston

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Where these figures come from

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