Brooke Chezem
Family · Columbus, GANPI 1245980903
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 102 payments — averaging $22.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$350
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$275
- Merck$240
- Boehringer Ingelheim$190
- Novo Nordisk$148
- Atricure, Inc.$126
- plus $990 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,319100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $350 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 19 | $275 |
| Merck | 14 | $240 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $190 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $148 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $123 |
| Amgen | 7 | $121 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $118 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Bayer | 5 | $83 |
| Novartis | 5 | $69 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $42 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $41 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $34 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $16 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, 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
$2,319 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 6,258 family providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 157 | $153,560 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 50 | $69,562 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 43 | $50,655 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 55 | $40,171 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 28 | $19,813 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 12 | $16,953 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 22 | $12,268 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 14 | $11,166 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 13 | $9,657 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 45 | $3,963 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 242 | $2,858 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 152 | $1,989 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 98 | $1,930 |
| Clonidine | 15 | $1,737 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 192 | $1,670 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $118 | $153,560157 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $69 | $69,56250 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $14 | $50,65543 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $350 | $32,08050 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $190 | $9,65713 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 6,258 family providers in Georgia.
Other family in Columbus
- Allie McAllisterMarietta$299K
- Tonita WashingtonLawrenceville$153K
- Erin HenryLawrenceville$135K
- Trisha RomanPeachtree City$134K
- Lori ReedMarietta$106K
- Julia BranchCumming$102K
- Hannah BanachWaycross$85K
- Morgan GroothandEvans$81K
- Anna Carolina WrightLilburn$69K
- Jessica FeehanCanton$51K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.