Payment overview · 2025
General Payments
We did not find matching Open Payments records for this doctor in the selected program year.
Healthcare provider profile · identity verified
Paula C Patton, MD
Internal Medicine · PHILADELPHIA, PA · NPI 1790712917
Verified facts
What the public records show
We did not find matching Open Payments records for this doctor in 2025.
These records do not establish that a payment influenced prescribing or medical care.
Separate record types
Research & Ownership
Research Payments (direct recipient): not present in the loaded data
Associated Research Funding (for example, named PI): not present in the loaded data
Ownership / Investment: not present in the loaded data
These categories are never added into the General Payments headline. Associated research funding must not be described as money the doctor personally received unless the source record supports that conclusion.
Analysis 1 · Payment-linked products
Products named in Open Payments records
No payment-linked product analysis is available because no matching General Payment records were found for the selected year.
Public prescribing for products named in payments
There is no explicit payment-product set available for a Part D comparison.
The presence of the same drug in both datasets does not show that a payment caused or influenced a prescription.
Analysis 2 · Same-company prescribing overlap
Drugs reported in other payments from the same company that also appear in Medicare Part D
This analysis is independent from products named on this doctor’s individual payment records. A row appears only when the exact Open Payments reporting entity paid this doctor, that same reporting entity reported the drug or biological on at least 10 loaded General Payment records involving at least 2 distinct recipient NPIs, and this doctor has the same non-generic brand in public Part D data. This does not mean the company owns or manufactures the drug.
There is no payer-company set available for this comparison.
These facts do not show that a payment was for the drug, that the company owns or manufactures the drug, or that a payment caused or influenced prescribing.
Public Medicare Part D data
Provider-and-drug rows loaded for 2024
| Brand | Generic | Claims | Beneficiaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | Atorvastatin Calcium | 347 | 96 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | Amlodipine Besylate | 224 | 80 |
| Lisinopril | Lisinopril | 204 | 45 |
| Metformin Hcl | Metformin Hcl | 163 | 43 |
| Losartan Potassium | Losartan Potassium | 122 | 38 |
| Gabapentin | Gabapentin | 106 | 23 |
| Omeprazole | Omeprazole | 105 | 32 |
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa | Albuterol Sulfate | 100 | 27 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | Duloxetine Hcl | 93 | 22 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | Hydrochlorothiazide | 87 | 28 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | Metoprolol Succinate | 81 | 19 |
| Jardiance | Empagliflozin | 80 | 16 |
| Famotidine | Famotidine | 71 | 17 |
| Carvedilol | Carvedilol | 67 | 24 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | Metoprolol Tartrate | 67 | 18 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | Pantoprazole Sodium | 64 | 19 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | Levothyroxine Sodium | 62 | 19 |
| Nifedipine Er | Nifedipine | 52 | 16 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | Tamsulosin Hcl | 50 | 19 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | Rosuvastatin Calcium | 48 | 21 |
| Alendronate Sodium | Alendronate Sodium | 47 | 16 |
| Furosemide | Furosemide | 44 | 13 |
| Clopidogrel | Clopidogrel Bisulfate | 42 | suppressed |
| Levetiracetam | Levetiracetam | 41 | suppressed |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | Fluoxetine Hcl | 40 | suppressed |
| Ozempic | Semaglutide | 40 | suppressed |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 39 | suppressed |
| Januvia | Sitagliptin Phosphate | 35 | suppressed |
| Metformin Hcl Er | Metformin Hcl | 35 | suppressed |
| Ezetimibe | Ezetimibe | 34 | suppressed |
| Fluticasone Propionate | Fluticasone Propionate | 33 | 12 |
| Lantus Solostar | Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 32 | 14 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | Hydralazine Hcl | 31 | suppressed |
| Lisinopril-Hydrochlorothiazide | Lisinopril/Hydrochlorothiazide | 31 | 12 |
| Montelukast Sodium | Montelukast Sodium | 31 | suppressed |
| Simvastatin | Simvastatin | 30 | 11 |
| Repaglinide | Repaglinide | 26 | suppressed |
| Symbicort | Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 26 | suppressed |
| Trazodone Hcl | Trazodone Hcl | 26 | suppressed |
| Triamterene-Hydrochlorothiazid | Triamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 26 | suppressed |
| Eliquis | Apixaban | 25 | suppressed |
| Labetalol Hcl | Labetalol Hcl | 25 | suppressed |
| Ammonium Lactate | Ammonium Lactate | 24 | suppressed |
| Glimepiride | Glimepiride | 24 | suppressed |
| Pravastatin Sodium | Pravastatin Sodium | 24 | suppressed |
| Prednisone | Prednisone | 23 | 17 |
| Sertraline Hcl | Sertraline Hcl | 23 | suppressed |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | Zolpidem Tartrate | 23 | suppressed |
| Tramadol Hcl | Tramadol Hcl | 22 | suppressed |
| Diclofenac Sodium | Diclofenac Sodium | 21 | suppressed |
| Allopurinol | Allopurinol | 20 | suppressed |
| Alprazolam | Alprazolam | 20 | suppressed |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | Escitalopram Oxalate | 20 | suppressed |
| Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide | Losartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 20 | suppressed |
| Finasteride | Finasteride | 19 | suppressed |
| Pioglitazone Hcl | Pioglitazone Hcl | 19 | suppressed |
| Pregabalin | Pregabalin | 19 | suppressed |
| Valsartan | Valsartan | 19 | suppressed |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-200 | Insulin Lispro | 18 | suppressed |
| Lidocaine Hcl | Lidocaine Hcl | 18 | suppressed |
| Chlorthalidone | Chlorthalidone | 17 | suppressed |
| Fenofibrate | Fenofibrate Nanocrystallized | 17 | suppressed |
| Insulin Lispro Kwikpen U-100 | Insulin Lispro | 17 | suppressed |
| Synthroid | Levothyroxine Sodium | 17 | suppressed |
| Dexlansoprazole Dr | Dexlansoprazole | 16 | suppressed |
| Meloxicam | Meloxicam | 16 | suppressed |
| Olmesartan Medoxomil | Olmesartan Medoxomil | 16 | suppressed |
| Trulicity | Dulaglutide | 16 | suppressed |
| Vitamin D2 | Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) | 16 | suppressed |
| Calcitriol | Calcitriol | 15 | suppressed |
| Citalopram Hbr | Citalopram Hydrobromide | 15 | suppressed |
| Glipizide | Glipizide | 15 | suppressed |
| Propranolol Hcl Er | Propranolol Hcl | 15 | suppressed |
| Trelegy Ellipta | Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 15 | suppressed |
| Bupropion Xl | Bupropion Hcl | 14 | suppressed |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100 | Insulin Lispro | 14 | suppressed |
| Ibuprofen | Ibuprofen | 14 | suppressed |
| Nano 2nd Gen Pen Needle | Pen Needle, Diabetic | 14 | suppressed |
| Ondansetron Hcl | Ondansetron Hcl | 14 | suppressed |
| Atenolol | Atenolol | 13 | suppressed |
| Budesonide-Formoterol Fumarate | Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 13 | suppressed |
| Easy Touch Pen Needle | Pen Needle, Diabetic | 13 | suppressed |
| Propranolol Hcl | Propranolol Hcl | 13 | suppressed |
| Selenium Sulfide | Selenium Sulfide | 13 | suppressed |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | Triamcinolone Acetonide | 13 | suppressed |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | Quetiapine Fumarate | 12 | suppressed |
| Ventolin Hfa | Albuterol Sulfate | 12 | suppressed |
| Amantadine | Amantadine Hcl | 11 | suppressed |
| Farxiga | Dapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | suppressed |
| Nystatin | Nystatin | 11 | suppressed |
| Venlafaxine Hcl Er | Venlafaxine Hcl | 11 | suppressed |
Timeline
Payment and prescribing data by year
Open Payments and Medicare Part D may refer to different years. They are shown separately rather than aligned as if they describe the same period.
| Year | General Payments | Main payer | Explicit products | Company overlaps | Part D coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | Complete |
Questions to ask
Questions you could discuss with your doctor
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Sources and limitations
How to read this page
- Payment and Medicare prescribing data can cover different years; every comparison shows both years explicitly.
- Part D does not represent a doctor’s entire practice; it excludes many patients and is subject to CMS public-release thresholds.
- Company–drug relationships must have an auditable source, a precise relationship type, and a valid evidence period. Unresolved mappings are not published.
- Generic drug claims are not attributed to a specific manufacturer without manufacturer-level evidence.
- When a source extract is incomplete, missing rows are never treated as proof of no payments or no prescriptions.
Loaded source releases
| Dataset | Year | Publication | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMS Open Payments — General Payments | 2025 | 2026-06-30 | Original source |
| Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug | 2024 | 2026-05-06 | Original source |
| NPPES Data Dissemination V2 | current / reference data | 2026-08-10 | Original source |
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