Drug Diabetes

Ozempic

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Ozempic. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$30Massociated payments (2023-2025)
124,264clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $6.6M
2024 $7.0M
2025 $16M

Payments reported as associated with Ozempic, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $8.6M
Family Medicine $4.7M
Internal Medicine $3.7M
Family $3.2M
Cardiovascular Disease $2.5M
Physician Assistant $1.3M

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with Ozempic

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Ozempic. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyAssociated payments (2023-2025)
Joshua Stolker Washington, MO Interventional Cardiology $126,976.68
Benjamin Kalsmith Pgh, PA Cardiovascular Disease $126,034.09
Michael Shannon Lacey, WA Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $113,018.57
Aaron King San Antonio, TX Family Medicine $109,625.85
Steve Fordan Dallas, TX Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $105,568.24
Robert Busch Albany, NY Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $102,818.22
Christopher Lucci Rockport, TX Public Health & General Preventive Medicine $102,476.55
Patrick Cambier Trinity, FL Interventional Cardiology $102,399.91
Rakesh Shah Langhorne, PA Cardiovascular Disease $99,687.63
Craig Wierum Nashville, TN Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $99,659.84

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.