Benjamin Bashinski
Neurology · Augusta, GANPI 1649222712
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 363 payments — averaging $16.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$851
- Sanofi$613
- EMD Serono, Inc.$563
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$407
- Eisai Inc.$393
- Novartis$354
- plus $3K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,815100%
- Education$130%
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
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 85 | $851 |
| Sanofi | 23 | $613 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 30 | $563 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 20 | $407 |
| Eisai Inc. | 23 | $393 |
| Novartis | 20 | $354 |
| Amgen | 18 | $332 |
| Biogen | 21 | $321 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 17 | $279 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 18 | $241 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 13 | $196 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $152 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 6 | $121 |
| UCB, Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $84 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 4 | $81 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 4 | $75 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $64 |
| GE HealthCare | 3 | $62 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Banner Life Sciences, LLC | 1 | $61 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 4 | $48 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 4 | $48 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $34 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Cala Health, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Abbott | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $19 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $18 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- AUBAGIO$120
How this compares
$5,828 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 506 neurology providers in Georgia.
Other neurology in Augusta
- John MorganAugusta$1.3M
- Alexis ShaeferAugusta$279K
- Askiel BrunoAugusta$275K
- Jerry PruittAugusta$121K
- Bryan HoAugusta$97K
- Debra Moore-HillAugusta$88K
- Kapil SethiAugusta$55K
- Jonathan LissColumbus$25M
- Marshall NashDecatur$13.6M
- James LahAtlanta$6.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.