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Alexis Shaefer, MD

Neurology · Augusta, GANPI 1942590872

Payments from drug & device makers

$279,100in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,576 payments — averaging $177.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$194K
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$60K
  • Argenx US, Inc.$5K
  • Pfizer$3K
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$1K
  • EMD Serono, Inc.$1K
  • plus $15K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$10,4534%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$223,26880%
  • Travel & lodging$17,4726%
  • Food & beverage$27,80410%
  • Education$1040%

General payments by program year

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Who reported the general payments

Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)487$193,618
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.104$60,409
Argenx US, Inc.39$4,762
Pfizer57$2,568
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.60$1,377
EMD Serono, Inc.59$1,107
Novartis61$1,098
Biogen61$1,058
Eisai Inc.47$894
UCB, Inc.40$888
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.41$839
Sanofi30$755
Amgen36$712
MDD US Operations, LLC46$692
SK Life Science, Inc.23$642
Lundbeck LLC23$615
Neurelis, Inc.30$586
AstraZeneca(2 entities)25$586
Genentech USA, Inc.27$463
Lilly USA, LLC26$387
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC22$352
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.16$327
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.14$326
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC15$294
TG Therapeutics, Inc.10$260
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.12$241
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.14$234
Banner Life Sciences, LLC8$222
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC9$214
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.15$210
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.14$201
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.11$190
Grifols USA, LLC8$171
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.8$168
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.7$165
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc7$133
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$112
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.4$92
Livanova USA, Inc.5$89
Avion Pharmaceuticals5$89
Johnson & Johnson3$79
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc4$75
Impel Pharmaceuticals LLC4$70
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$67
CSL Behring2$66
GE HealthCare3$62
Averitas Pharma Inc.2$56
Boston Scientific3$52
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$50
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$42
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.3$41
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.2$34
Bristol Myers Squibb2$32
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$32
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC1$27
Harmony Biosciences LLC1$25
Microtransponder, Inc.1$25
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC1$22
Bausch Health US, LLC1$22
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$22

What the payments were tied to

Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.

How this compares

$279,100 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 506 neurology providers in Georgia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$364,902
Medicare patients
841
Services billed
20,887

What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 4612$131,707
BetaseronInterferon Beta-1b11$101,702
RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa28$70,770
UbrelvyUbrogepant45$58,367
BriviactBrivaracetam18$44,188
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate20$26,532
Dimethyl Fumarate15$25,966
NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine12$18,356
Keppra XrLevetiracetam12$18,195
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm28$18,047
Lamotrigine ErLamotrigine15$12,472
Rasagiline Mesylate48$11,930
LinzessLinaclotide11$7,883
Levetiracetam126$7,289
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa251$7,132

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Grifols USA, LLCGamunex-C$171$131,70712 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary, Pyridostigmine Bromide$352$72,84765 claims
AbbVieUbrelvy, Linzess$193,618$66,25156 claims
UCB, Inc.Briviact$888$44,18818 claims
PfizerNurtec Odt$2,568$26,53220 claims
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta$190$18,35612 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$294$1,07960 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 506 neurology providers in Georgia.

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