Drug Obesity

Wegovy

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

$24Massociated payments (2023-2025)
114,055clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $4.7M
2024 $6.9M
2025 $12M

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Internal Medicine $3.7M
Family Medicine $3.1M
Family $2.6M
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $2.3M
Cardiovascular Disease $2.1M
Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine) $1.5M

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

Clinicians most associated with Wegovy

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Wegovy. 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)
Tiffany Lowe Clayton Fuquay Varina, NC Obesity Medicine (Family Medicine) $174,175.16
Amira Ayad Bakersfield, CA Family Medicine $164,404.88
Ethan Lazarus Denver, CO Family Medicine $164,330.39
Jeffrey Sicat Glen Allen, VA Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $159,154.68
Ken Fujioka San Diego, CA Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $156,750.29
Dana Portenier Durham, NC Surgery $151,039.78
Holly Lofton New York, NY Obesity Medicine (Preventive Medicine) $149,436.88
Dana Trippi Las Vegas, NV Emergency Medicine $147,970.99
Michael Kaplan Smithtown, NY Internal Medicine $147,219.45
Lawrence Herman Holbrook, NY Physician Assistant $143,707.98

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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.