Total Payments
$4,680
2024 Payments
$1,405
Companies
23
Transactions
206
Medicare Patients
963
Medicare Billing
$113,829

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$4,488 (95.9%)
Education$191.91 (4.1%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $4,488 203 95.9%
Education $191.91 3 4.1%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
ABBVIE INC. $2,023 78 $0 (2024)
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $609.23 25 $0 (2024)
PFIZER INC. $233.56 14 $0 (2024)
QOL Medical, LLC $199.26 11 $0 (2024)
Lilly USA, LLC $194.15 9 $0 (2024)
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $185.45 10 $0 (2024)
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $152.10 8 $0 (2024)
GENZYME CORPORATION $150.34 7 $0 (2024)
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $144.60 8 $0 (2024)
Celgene Corporation $129.61 6 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $1,405 70 ABBVIE INC. ($405.22)
2023 $1,419 65 ABBVIE INC. ($695.42)
2022 $763.03 34 ABBVIE INC. ($445.97)
2021 $21.27 1 Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. ($21.27)
2020 $180.36 2 AbbVie Inc. ($100.41)
2019 $763.95 26 AbbVie, Inc. ($376.14)
2018 $126.84 8 Janssen Biotech, Inc. ($126.84)

All Payment Transactions

206 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 9

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/27/2024 QOL Medical, LLC SUCRAID (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $15.07 General
Category: THERAPY FOR CSID
12/19/2024 Braintree Laboratories, Inc. SUTAB (Drug), SUFLAVE Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.35 General
Category: GI COLON PREP
12/11/2024 Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC XIFAXAN (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.90 General
Category: Gastroenterology
12/10/2024 Ardelyx, Inc. IBSRELA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.82 General
Category: GASTROENTEROLOGY
12/02/2024 ABBVIE INC. SKYRIZI (Biological), RINVOQ Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.95 General
Category: IMMUNOLOGY
11/26/2024 ABBVIE INC. RINVOQ (Biological), SKYRIZI Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.29 General
Category: IMMUNOLOGY
11/25/2024 ABBVIE INC. RINVOQ (Biological), SKYRIZI Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.38 General
Category: IMMUNOLOGY
11/18/2024 Lilly USA, LLC OMVOH (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.95 General
Category: Immunology
11/13/2024 ABBVIE INC. RINVOQ (Biological), SKYRIZI Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.41 General
Category: IMMUNOLOGY
11/12/2024 Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. VOQUEZNA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.07 General
Category: GASTROENTEROLOGY
11/05/2024 Celltrion USA Inc. VEGZELMA (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.11 General
Category: ONCOLOGY
11/04/2024 Madrigal Pharmaceuticals RESMETIROM (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.56 General
Category: LIVER DISEASE
10/28/2024 Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. DUPIXENT (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.99 General
Category: INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNOLOGY
10/24/2024 Madrigal Pharmaceuticals RESMETIROM (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.97 General
Category: LIVER DISEASE
10/22/2024 Gilead Sciences, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.33 General
10/21/2024 Lilly USA, LLC OMVOH (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.41 General
Category: Immunology
10/17/2024 PFIZER INC. XELJANZ (Drug), VELSIPITY Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.31 General
Category: GASTROINTESTINAL;INFLAMMATION;OPHTHALMOLOGY;TRANSPLANT
10/16/2024 Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC XIFAXAN (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.66 General
Category: Gastroenterology
10/14/2024 GENZYME CORPORATION DUPIXENT (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $31.65 General
Category: Immunology
10/09/2024 Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC TRULANCE (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.90 General
Category: Gastroenterology
10/07/2024 Lilly USA, LLC OMVOH (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.71 General
Category: Immunology
10/03/2024 ABBVIE INC. RINVOQ (Biological), SKYRIZI Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.71 General
Category: IMMUNOLOGY
09/30/2024 Janssen Biotech, Inc. TREMFYA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.50 General
Category: Immunology
09/27/2024 ABBVIE INC. SKYRIZI (Biological), RINVOQ Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.64 General
Category: IMMUNOLOGY
09/26/2024 Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC XIFAXAN (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.11 General
Category: Gastroenterology

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 8 383 583 $188,004 $45,097
2022 9 420 622 $195,055 $47,437
2021 6 160 248 $79,547 $21,295
Total Patients
963
Total Services
1,453
Medicare Billing
$113,829
Procedure Codes
23

All Medicare Procedures & Services

23 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
88305 Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity Office 2023 93 276 $49,680 $13,725 27.6%
45385 Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare Facility 2023 78 78 $56,792 $13,649 24.0%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 53 53 $14,550 $5,460 37.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 47 55 $11,000 $4,688 42.6%
45380 Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope Facility 2023 36 37 $25,041 $2,454 9.8%
43239 Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope Facility 2023 38 44 $24,516 $2,389 9.7%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 18 18 $3,236 $1,425 44.0%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 20 22 $3,190 $1,307 41.0%
88305 Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity Office 2022 94 274 $49,320 $14,114 28.6%
45385 Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare Facility 2022 66 66 $48,055 $10,764 22.4%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 73 73 $20,040 $7,779 38.8%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 55 72 $14,150 $6,218 43.9%
45380 Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope Facility 2022 51 52 $35,193 $3,271 9.3%
43239 Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope Facility 2022 35 37 $20,616 $2,313 11.2%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 23 25 $3,425 $1,276 37.3%
46600 Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope Office 2022 12 12 $2,280 $1,014 44.5%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 11 11 $1,977 $687.16 34.8%
88305 Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity Office 2021 36 122 $21,960 $6,439 29.3%
45385 Removal of polyps or growths in large bowel using an endoscope (colonoscopy) using a mechanical snare Facility 2021 30 30 $21,843 $5,821 26.6%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 41 41 $11,255 $5,065 45.0%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 19 21 $3,990 $2,095 52.5%
43239 Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope Facility 2021 21 21 $11,701 $1,280 10.9%
45380 Biopsy of the large bowel using an endoscope (colonoscopy) Facility 2021 13 13 $8,798 $594.46 6.8%

About Brian Lappas, MD, MPH

Brian Lappas, MD, MPH is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/16/2015. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1275920381.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Brian Lappas, MD, MPH has received a total of $4,680 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $1,405 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 206 transactions from 23 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($4,488).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Lappas has provided services to 963 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,453 services with total Medicare billing of $113,829. Data is available for 3 years (2021–2023), covering 23 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • RINVOQ (Biological) $535.94
  • CREON (Drug) $418.56
  • STELARA (Biological) $391.09
  • SKYRIZI (Biological) $356.84
  • DUPIXENT (Biological) $276.69
  • XELJANZ (Drug) $233.56
  • OMVOH (Drug) $161.34
  • XIFAXAN (Drug) $154.38
  • ZEPOSIA (Drug) $129.61
  • TREMFYA (Drug) $127.19
  • Creon (Drug) $118.32
  • Humira (Biological) $108.31
  • ENTYVIO (Biological) $106.84
  • CIMZIA (Drug) $106.64
  • Sucraid (Drug) $100.19
  • SUCRAID (Drug) $99.07
  • LINZESS (Drug) $94.97
  • REMICADE (Biological) $90.95
  • Doptelet (Drug) $84.13
  • DIFICID (Drug) $61.51

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Doctors in Chapel Hill