Christopher Adams, MD
Rheumatology · Auburn, ALNPI 1720039175
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.4% of the total across 1,053 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 34 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 1,053 payments — averaging $19.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$4K
- AbbVie$3K
- UCB, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Pfizer$1K
- GSK$1K
- plus $8K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$20,50398%
- Education$3292%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 204 | $3,617 |
| AbbVie | 171 | $3,367 |
| UCB, Inc. | 116 | $2,008 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 61 | $1,393 |
| Pfizer | 72 | $1,384 |
| GSK | 57 | $1,194 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 50 | $1,189 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 34 | $1,141 |
| Novartis | 47 | $809 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 33 | $755 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 53 | $753 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 28 | $720 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 39 | $685 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 18 | $477 |
| Sobi, Inc | 10 | $189 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 9 | $140 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 9 | $137 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 4 | $103 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $81 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $68 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $65 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 3 | $60 |
| Organon | 3 | $57 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 4 | $55 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $53 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $52 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $25 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 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.
- SAPHNELO$219
- Rinvoq$125
- PURIFIED CORTROPHIN GEL$103
How this compares
$20,832 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 90 rheumatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 98 | $630,174 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 77 | $622,158 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 73 | $551,778 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 73 | $386,482 |
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab | 32 | $297,274 |
| TremfyaGuselkumab | 18 | $242,805 |
| Orencia ClickjectAbatacept | 39 | $216,128 |
| GammakedImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 13 | $212,434 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 30 | $171,436 |
| Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 37 | $168,835 |
| Enbrel MiniEtanercept | 15 | $167,974 |
| Cimzia (2 Pack)Certolizumab Pegol | 21 | $155,411 |
| EnbrelEtanercept | 15 | $116,171 |
| TymlosAbaloparatide | 35 | $92,638 |
| Actemra ActpenTocilizumab | 17 | $90,575 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRinvoq, Restasis | $3,367 | $637,947109 claims |
| AmgenOtezla, Enbrel | $3,617 | $502,65388 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonTremfya, Simponi | $1,393 | $321,01031 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Cimzia (2 Pack) | $2,008 | $155,41121 claims |
| Radius Health, Inc.Tymlos | $755 | $92,63835 claims |
| GSKBenlysta | $1,194 | $85,97418 claims |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Orencia | $753 | $75,22613 claims |
| PfizerOctagam | $1,384 | $62,12113 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCOlumiant | $685 | $50,34619 claims |
| SanofiKevzara | $81 | $46,65511 claims |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc.Rasuvo | $52 | $15,45826 claims |
| Antares Pharma, Inc.Otrexup | $27 | $15,27213 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 75th percentile of 90 rheumatology providers in Alabama.
Other rheumatology in Auburn
- Jose LeonAuburn$17K
- Zarmeena AliAuburn$8K
- Adahli MasseyAuburn$5K
- Anthony TurkiewiczMountain Brk$2.2M
- Jeffrey CurtisBirmingham$612K
- David McLainBirmingham$588K
- Ray McLaughinTuscaloosa$332K
- Elizabeth PerkinsHoover$264K
- Peter SawayMountain Brk$166K
- Kenneth SaagBirmingham$143K
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.