Brooke Matthews
Primary Care · Suwanee, GANPI 1093271918
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.9% of the total across 192 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Melinta Therapeutics, LLC at 31.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $958 and has fallen 54.5% since, to $436 in 2025.
Across 192 payments — averaging $19.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$1K
- Gilead$385
- Merck$357
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company$330
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$276
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$205
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,58395%
- Education$1915%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 74 | $1,174 |
| Gilead | 17 | $385 |
| Merck | 18 | $357 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 16 | $330 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $276 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $205 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $199 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 7 | $144 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $140 |
| Shionogi Inc | 5 | $139 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 3 | $79 |
| Stryker | 1 | $60 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $52 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Janssen Products, LP | 1 | $31 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $30 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$3,775 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 235 primary care providers in Georgia.
Other primary care in Suwanee
- Hannah CummingsSuwanee$9K
- Pamela TurkDouglas$15K
- Morgan JonesLawrenceville$14K
- Jessi HaleColumbus$13K
- Meredith CarrAugusta$12K
- Ashtyn ZaryckiSavannah$12K
- Zanetta BryantNewnan$11K
- Michelle LadewigGainesville$7K
- Lucia OcanoviciuCanton$7K
- Sarah NewGrovetown$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.