Top Family Medicine in North Carolina by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top family medicine practitioners in North Carolina by total payments received from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, based on CMS Open Payments data. The 20 providers listed here collectively received $5,410,560 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2018–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: North Carolina
$5,410,560
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$160,332
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 Family Medicine by Total Industry Payments — North Carolina

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
William Cromwell
Raleigh, NC
$1,109,045
12 2018–2024
2
Gastonia, NC
$724,252
36 2018–2024
3
Kevin Soden
Charlotte, NC
$534,666
6 2018–2024
4
David Dundee
Winston Salem, NC
$526,013
2 2018–2024
5
Charlotte, NC
$325,234
101 2018–2024
6
Brian Forrest
Apex, NC
$325,178
20 2018–2024
7
Tiffany Lowe Clayton
Fuquay Varina, NC
$294,724
8 2019–2024
8
Joseph Konen
Charlotte, NC
$232,384
4 2018–2022
9
Charlotte, NC
$220,386
52 2018–2024
10
Asheville, NC
$160,332
6 2018–2024
11
Charlotte, NC
$159,700
28 2018–2024
12
High Point, NC
$127,755
20 2018–2024
13
Asheville, NC
$104,808
15 2018–2024
14
Dimitrios Lintzeris
Goldsboro, NC
$90,956
16 2018–2024
15
Richard Michal
Rocky Mount, NC
$88,308
51 2018–2024
16
Georgia Latham
Sparta, NC
$87,064
3 2018–2022
17
Hendersonville, NC
$84,007
29 2018–2024
18
Winston Salem, NC
$78,850
8 2018–2024
19
Charlotte, NC
$69,813
73 2018–2024
20
High Point, NC
$67,085
3 2018–2019

State payment context — Family Medicine in North Carolina

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 3,272 family medicine providers in North Carolina have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $10,818,324 (2018–2024).

The median family medicine provider in North Carolina received $302 in total payments, versus a national median of $294 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in North Carolina peaked in 2019, when $1,703,306 changed hands across 42,026 transactions. Novo Nordisk Inc has been the largest single payer over the period, and Charlotte leads all North Carolina cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Family Medicine providers in North Carolina

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Novo Nordisk Inc $1,306,705 1,863 41,132
Amgen Inc. $984,600 1,279 16,032
Amarin Pharma Inc. $604,108 643 4,413
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $504,180 1,386 20,559
ABBVIE INC. $470,102 986 11,373
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $412,750 302 1,879
Lilly USA, LLC $406,144 1,372 17,613
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $386,036 1,082 9,514

Industry payments to Family Medicine providers in North Carolina by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $1,617,424 1,817 50,243
2019 $1,703,306 1,753 42,026
2020 $1,099,450 1,320 28,015
2021 $1,679,335 1,525 39,050
2022 $1,636,105 1,702 35,729
2023 $1,448,562 1,735 36,611
2024 $1,634,142 1,837 35,478

Top North Carolina cities for Family Medicine industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Charlotte $2,012,201 300 27,775
Raleigh $1,342,629 144 13,395
Gastonia $800,988 37 4,951
Winston Salem $789,032 94 5,884
Asheville $401,326 126 6,611
Apex $346,061 21 1,282
Fuquay Varina $307,295 12 941
Greensboro $257,317 127 11,163
Methodology Providers filtered to North Carolina-licensed family medicine practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 207Q00000X) 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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