RxDoctor Payments Data

Yaw Owusu-Addo, MD

Internal Medicine · Gastonia, NCNPI 1558332833

Payments from drug & device makers

$10,986in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 579 payments — averaging $18.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$1K
  • Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$1K
  • Novo Nordisk$977
  • Pfizer$705
  • AstraZeneca$696
  • GSK$588
  • plus $5K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$10,984100%
  • Education$20%

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
AbbVie(2 entities)83$1,350
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.40$1,196
Novo Nordisk63$977
Pfizer37$705
AstraZeneca38$696
GSK26$588
Amgen36$563
Lilly USA, LLC31$517
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC13$355
Preventric Diagnostics, Inc.1$307
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.12$261
Bayer13$214
Boehringer Ingelheim13$207
Johnson & Johnson13$190
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.10$180
Tris Pharma Inc9$164
Novartis8$143
Merck8$142
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.7$138
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.7$131
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.10$124
Abbott5$124
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc1$122
Amarin Pharma, Inc.8$121
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.9$106
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC5$90
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$85
Genentech USA, Inc.5$82
Seqirus USA Inc5$81
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.3$70
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.5$66
Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.2$51
Boston Scientific3$51
Nevro Corp.3$49
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.2$45
Lundbeck LLC2$44
Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.p.2$39
Antares Pharma, Inc.2$36
Cranial Technologies, Inc2$35
Neos Therapeutics, LP2$32
Optinose US, Inc.2$31
Almatica Pharma LLC2$30
CSL Behring2$29
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$25
Sanofi1$24
Dexcom, Inc.1$24
Masimo Corporation1$21
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$21
Corium, LLC1$20
Astellas Pharma US Inc1$20
Alk-abello, Inc1$19
Quidel Corporation1$17
Dermira, Inc.1$17
Medline Industries LP1$17
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.1$16
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)1$16
Lifescan, Inc.1$16
Aytu Biopharma, Inc.1$16
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.1$16
Corcept Therapeutics1$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

$10,986 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,302 internal medicine providers in North Carolina.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$66,424
Medicare patients
125
Services billed
925

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
JardianceEmpagliflozin108$90,570
MounjaroTirzepatide69$84,914
OzempicSemaglutide81$82,181
TrulicityDulaglutide25$36,474
EliquisApixaban43$32,101
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol37$26,987
TradjentaLinagliptin20$18,086
Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol23$16,893
VraylarCariprazine Hcl12$16,711
MyrbetriqMirabegron24$16,641
Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate11$11,606
Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog14$7,623
Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog57$6,776
SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate19$6,281
BelsomraSuvorexant12$5,943

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
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$517$121,38894 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Combivent Respimat$207$120,262139 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$977$82,18181 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort$696$50,16179 claims
PfizerEliquis$705$32,10143 claims
AbbVieVraylar, Synthroid$1,350$18,44536 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$20$16,64124 claims
GSKAnoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta$588$10,13523 claims
MerckBelsomra$142$5,94312 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCLantus$355$2,48023 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 3,302 internal medicine providers in North Carolina.

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