Charles Mixson, MD
Sleep Medicine · Athens, GANPI 1053490342
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.0% of the total across 77 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 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for sleep medicine clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $2,223.
Across 77 payments — averaging $25.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$254
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$243
- Kaleo, Inc.$235
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$203
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$181
- Medtronic$177
- plus $677 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,87095%
- Education$995%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 6 | $254 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 5 | $243 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 15 | $235 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $203 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 9 | $181 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $177 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 8 | $165 |
| GSK | 6 | $107 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $99 |
| Stryker | 2 | $92 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $32 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $26 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,969 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 50 sleep medicine providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Epinephrine | 19 | $3,170 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 117 | $2,987 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 65 | $2,480 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 228 | $2,477 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 13 | $1,655 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 16 | $1,107 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 68 | $522 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 18 | $341 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $205 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 14 | $187 |
| Famotidine | 26 | $149 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 16 | $130 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 11 | $104 |
| Mupirocin | 12 | $74 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sleep medicine in Athens
- Sumeer TahAthens$4K
- Deepak DasAthens$1K
- Murad AssaadAtlanta$139K
- Nancy CollopAtlanta$28K
- Scott LeibowitzAtlanta$22K
- Anuj ChandraTrenton$20K
- Chantale BransonAtlanta$17K
- Melissa RhodesCartersville$14K
- James DalySavannah$12K
- Romy HoqueAtlanta$10K
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.