Barry Johns, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Macon, GANPI 1659555134
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,394 payments — averaging $355.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$238K
- Pfizer$160K
- Lilly USA, LLC$46K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$29K
- Kyowa Kirin, Inc.$7K
- Amgen$3K
- plus $13K from 54 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $37.50 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Novo Nordisk$38
- GSK$38
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,7003%
- Speaking & faculty fees$290,11187%
- Travel & lodging$11,9274%
- Food & beverage$22,9737%
- Education$1010%
- Gifts$590%
General payments by program year
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.
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.
- Ozempic$110,811
- RYBELSUS$101,874
- JARDIANCE$66,259
- Tresiba$10,812
- CRYSVITA$6,652
- TEPEZZA$1,400
- t-slim insulin pump$1,350
- t:slim X2 insulin pump$300
- MINIMED 780G$249
- CeQur Simplicity$219
- Prolia$175
- NATPARA (PARATHYROID HORMONE)$125
- GVOKE PFS$115
- TOUJEO$110
How this compares
$494,992 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 222 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Georgia.
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Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 453 | $704,238 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 204 | $267,589 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 215 | $258,965 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 67 | $93,971 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 65 | $89,922 |
| Xultophy 100-3.6Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide | 53 | $82,990 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 125 | $79,579 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 38 | $79,419 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 35 | $65,933 |
| XyostedTestosterone Enanthate | 82 | $64,796 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 50 | $63,139 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 38 | $46,800 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 22 | $34,916 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 29 | $34,389 |
| Humulin R U-500 KwikpenInsulin Regular, Human | 13 | $28,983 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Xultophy 100-3.6, Rybelsus, Novolog | $237,509 | $872,369560 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $45,987 | $361,559271 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr | $28,548 | $293,880237 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $997 | $65,93335 claims |
| Antares Pharma, Inc.Xyosted | $516 | $64,79682 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $751 | $63,13950 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr | $78 | $41,05841 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $383 | $22,867244 claims |
| PfizerGenotropin | $160,120 | $15,49616 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $318 | $5,695469 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 222 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Georgia.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Macon
- Thomas JonesMacon$4.8M
- Ashwini GoreMacon$2.6M
- Bruce BodeAtlanta$18.3M
- Gulliermo UmpierrezAtlanta$6.6M
- John ReedRoswell$5.7M
- Steven LeichterColumbus$3.1M
- Jason BernerJasper$2.6M
- Adeniyi OdugbesanLawrenceville$1.8M
- David RobertsonAtlanta$1.7M
- Thomas ZieglerAtlanta$1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.