Top Internal Medicine in Massachusetts by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top internal medicine practitioners in Massachusetts by total payments received from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, based on CMS Open Payments data. The 20 providers listed here collectively received $27,938,348 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2018–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: Massachusetts
$27,938,348
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$691,360
Median Total Payments
Half of providers received more, half received less
Context: Industry payments to physicians are legally required to be disclosed under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. Payments may reflect consulting expertise, research participation, or speaking engagements. This data is provided to support transparency, not to render clinical judgments.

Top Internal Medicine by Total Industry Payments — Massachusetts

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Alan Garber
Cambridge, MA
$6,125,602
3 2018–2024
2
David Schenkein
Boston, MA
$4,043,987
7 2019–2024
3
John Fallon
Boston, MA
$2,476,126
3 2018–2020
4
David Scadden
Boston, MA
$2,177,676
3 2018–2024
5
Boston, MA
$1,673,702
5 2018–2024
6
Marilyn Pike
Boston, MA
$1,390,720
6 2018–2024
7
Sandra Richman
Brookline, MA
$1,344,630
3 2020–2024
8
Boston, MA
$1,248,681
51 2018–2024
9
John Stone
Boston, MA
$936,109
28 2018–2024
10
Boston, MA
$691,360
27 2018–2024
11
Boston, MA
$685,734
7 2019–2024
12
Boston, MA
$675,582
41 2018–2024
13
Boston, MA
$612,531
21 2018–2024
14
Boston, MA
$609,142
35 2018–2024
15
Boston, MA
$601,467
14 2018–2024
16
Boston, MA
$550,642
17 2018–2024
17
Boston, MA
$540,297
24 2018–2024
18
Sarah Grant
Brookline, MA
$533,460
1 2024–2024
19
Boston, MA
$521,082
26 2018–2024
20
Boston, MA
$499,818
13 2018–2024

State payment context — Internal Medicine in Massachusetts

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 3,827 internal medicine providers in Massachusetts have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $61,135,339 (2018–2024).

The median internal medicine provider in Massachusetts received $232 in total payments, versus a national median of $406 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in Massachusetts peaked in 2024, when $11,001,761 changed hands across 23,298 transactions. Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has been the largest single payer over the period, and Boston leads all Massachusetts cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Internal Medicine providers in Massachusetts

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $3,659,512 22 116
PFIZER INC. $3,037,605 1,084 12,146
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $2,481,844 31 309
Exelixis Inc. $2,423,264 30 317
Insulet Corporation $2,308,939 27 93
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $2,087,585 360 2,246
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $2,028,290 34 295
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $1,715,936 29 246

Industry payments to Internal Medicine providers in Massachusetts by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $8,008,161 1,770 27,353
2019 $9,804,667 1,783 26,878
2020 $7,485,009 1,260 12,350
2021 $7,148,462 1,320 16,503
2022 $7,983,685 1,535 18,916
2023 $9,703,593 1,685 21,466
2024 $11,001,761 1,799 23,298

Top Massachusetts cities for Internal Medicine industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Boston $45,134,397 1,345 34,582
Cambridge $6,979,805 133 3,658
Brookline $1,904,918 31 708
Worcester $851,058 255 10,904
Burlington $477,437 93 1,562
Waltham $434,803 16 676
Watertown $371,395 10 1,213
Peabody $325,950 25 2,077
Methodology Providers filtered to Massachusetts-licensed internal medicine practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 207R00000X) with at least one Open Payments record. Payments aggregated across all years and all payment types. Rankings reflect cumulative totals, not annualized figures. Data source: CMS Open Payments, accessed via doctransparency.com database.
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