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Barry McCasland, MD

Neurology · Atlanta, GANPI 1073514063

Payments from drug & device makers

$28,830in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,133 payments — averaging $25.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novartis$6K
  • AbbVie$2K
  • Biogen$2K
  • Pfizer$1K
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$1K
  • EMD Serono, Inc.$1K
  • plus $15K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$4,34015%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$5152%
  • Travel & lodging$9543%
  • Food & beverage$22,94480%
  • Education$760%

Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.

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
Novartis68$6,448
AbbVie(2 entities)137$2,060
Biogen63$1,604
Pfizer72$1,450
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.56$1,385
EMD Serono, Inc.64$1,253
MDD US Operations, LLC34$1,237
UCB, Inc.59$1,178
Amgen(2 entities)35$930
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.39$780
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.36$680
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.24$597
Lilly USA, LLC33$586
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC31$540
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.24$536
SK Life Science, Inc.25$512
Lundbeck LLC23$487
Bristol Myers Squibb14$463
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC22$419
Genentech USA, Inc.19$416
Grifols USA, LLC20$388
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.16$323
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.9$322
Argenx US, Inc.13$308
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.17$308
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.16$279
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.16$263
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc13$252
Sanofi14$240
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc11$209
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.4$199
AstraZeneca8$187
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.11$183
Neurelis, Inc.7$165
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)8$151
Abbott2$137
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.7$136
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.6$114
Avion Pharmaceuticals6$105
Eisai Inc.5$102
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.4$101
TG Therapeutics, Inc.4$83
CSL Behring4$81
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$72
Impel Pharmaceuticals LLC4$71
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC3$63
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$59
Harmony Biosciences LLC3$54
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$53
Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$36
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$34
Livanova USA, Inc.2$33
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.2$29
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$18
Microtransponder, Inc.1$18
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC1$18
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC1$18
Banner Life Sciences, LLC1$16
Linus Health, Inc.1$16
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$13

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

$28,830 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 506 neurology providers in Georgia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$98,106
Medicare patients
391
Services billed
2,922

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
OctagamImmun Globg(Igg)/Malt/Iga Ov5015$246,615
NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate23$117,177
Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 4617$80,870
GocovriAmantadine Hcl29$75,688
NourianzIstradefylline21$56,448
KeppraLevetiracetam17$44,364
LamictalLamotrigine17$22,868
Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe30$21,961
RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa17$20,851
BriviactBrivaracetam12$18,235
XcopriCenobamate13$14,963
NeuproRotigotine15$14,815
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa216$9,109
TegretolCarbamazepine13$6,806
Sumatriptan Succinate43$6,029

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
PfizerOctagam$1,450$246,61515 claims
Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid$252$117,17723 claims
Grifols USA, LLCGamunex-C$388$80,87017 claims
MDD US Operations, LLCGocovri$1,237$75,68829 claims
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.Nourianz$597$56,44821 claims
UCB, Inc.Briviact, Neupro$1,178$33,05027 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary$419$20,85117 claims
SK Life Science, Inc.Xcopri$512$14,96313 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$540$75851 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 80th percentile of 506 neurology providers in Georgia.

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