Benjamin Dale
Medical · Birmingham, ALNPI 1285664730
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 91 payments — averaging $17.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$561
- Boehringer Ingelheim$193
- Merck$141
- Pfizer$119
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$103
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$79
- plus $422 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,617100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 30 | $561 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 11 | $193 |
| Merck | 8 | $141 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $119 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $103 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $79 |
| GSK | 4 | $78 |
| Abbott | 4 | $76 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $32 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Novartis | 2 | $27 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,617 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 175 medical providers in Alabama.
Other medical in Birmingham
- Jaime DunnBirmingham$16K
- Heidi EssigBirmingham$8K
- Laurie WardBirmingham$8K
- Grace McMahanBirmingham$4K
- Sarahreagan HughesBirmingham$4K
- Valentina FolseBirmingham$3K
- Katelyn GriffinBirmingham$3K
- Eric PozzoBirmingham$2K
- Allyson LottBirmingham$2K
- Emma StephensBirmingham$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.