Bruce Tucker, MD
Infectious Disease · Birmingham, ALNPI 1982648622
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 47 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gilead at 31.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $312, more than ten times the $20 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for infectious disease clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $923.
Across 47 payments — averaging $19.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$293
- Viiv Healthcare Company$155
- Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$149
- Merck$111
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company$63
- Octapharma USA, Inc.$41
- plus $121 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$933100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 18 | $293 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 8 | $155 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $149 |
| Merck | 4 | $111 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 3 | $63 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $21 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $19 |
| GSK | 1 | $15 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$933 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 104 infectious disease providers in Alabama.
Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 109 | $494,658 |
| TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi | 25 | $99,965 |
| CabenuvaCabotegravir/Rilpivirine | 12 | $82,538 |
| GenvoyaElviteg/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alafen | 13 | $60,005 |
| TivicayDolutegravir Sodium | 16 | $36,712 |
| Emtricitabine-Tenofovir DisopEmtricitabine/Tenofovir (Tdf) | 12 | $7,566 |
| Efavirenz | 11 | $5,533 |
| Daptomycin | 23 | $5,259 |
| ErtapenemErtapenem Sodium | 13 | $3,595 |
| Lamivudine HbvLamivudine | 14 | $3,286 |
| CeftriaxoneCeftriaxone Sodium | 21 | $3,060 |
| Ritonavir | 12 | $2,163 |
| Atazanavir Sulfate | 11 | $1,738 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 46 | $801 |
| Cephalexin | 28 | $346 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GileadBiktarvy, Genvoya | $293 | $554,663122 claims |
| Viiv Healthcare CompanyTriumeq, Cabenuva, Tivicay | $155 | $219,21453 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 50th percentile of 104 infectious disease providers in Alabama.
Other infectious disease in Birmingham
- John BaddleyBirmingham$113K
- Christina MuznyBirmingham$111K
- Sonya HeathBirmingham$80K
- William GeislerBirmingham$63K
- Edward HookBirmingham$61K
- Edgar OvertonBirmingham$46K
- Jane SchwebkeBirmingham$42K
- Peter PappasBirmingham$25K
- Jeanne MarrazzoBirmingham$23K
- Todd McCartyBirmingham$20K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.