RxDoctor Payments Data

Yevgeniy Bukhman

Internal Medicine · Canton, OHNPI 1336374503

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $7,701 of the $9,999 with a category attached, or 77.0%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Eli Lilly at 31.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $5,085 and has fallen 97.7% since, to $119 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in OH 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.

$9,999in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 51 payments — averaging $196.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Eli Lilly$3K
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$2K
  • Amgen$2K
  • Modernatx, Inc.$1K
  • Merck$1K
  • Novo Nordisk$451
$3,852,486in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 802 payments — averaging $4803.60 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.

  • Amgen$1.2M
  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$1M
  • Pfizer$319K
  • Seqirus USA Inc$308K
  • Astrazeneca UK Limited$289K
  • Eli Lilly$283K
  • plus $412K from 6 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$7,70177%
  • Food & beverage$2,29823%

General payments by program year

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25

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
Eli Lilly17$3,180
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.3$1,895
Amgen6$1,662
Modernatx, Inc.10$1,421
Merck11$1,390
Novo Nordisk4$451

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

$9,999 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,428 internal medicine providers in Ohio.

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