Caesar Cortopassi
Pediatrics · Hoover, ALNPI 1932125101
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.6% of the total across 106 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $441 and has fallen 96.4% since, to $16 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in AL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 106 payments — averaging $17.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Corium, LLC$425
- Pfizer$216
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$194
- Sobi, Inc$129
- Welch Allyn$118
- Neos Therapeutics, LP$109
- plus $652 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,72594%
- Other$1186%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Corium, LLC | 24 | $425 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $216 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $194 |
| Sobi, Inc | 6 | $129 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $118 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 6 | $109 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $93 |
| Merck | 5 | $75 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 5 | $67 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $60 |
| GSK | 3 | $47 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 3 | $42 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 3 | $40 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $19 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.p. | 1 | $12 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, 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.
- NONE$118
How this compares
$1,843 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 908 pediatrics providers in Alabama.
Other pediatrics in Hoover
- Amy AlbertHoover$3K
- Daniel CarterHoover$3K
- Toren AndersonHoover$3K
- Brian DudgeonHoover$3K
- Jeffery StoneHoover$3K
- Julia StewartHoover$3K
- Tamera Coyne-BeasleyBirmingham$154K
- Linda HammettBirmingham$123K
- Darby McElderryBirmingham$111K
- James WileyMobile$44K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.