Claude Kinzer
Family Medicine · Huntsville, ALNPI 1518921220
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.3% of the total across 119 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 18 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 119 payments — averaging $13.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$215
- Novo Nordisk$169
- AstraZeneca$163
- Lilly USA, LLC$132
- Pfizer$123
- Johnson & Johnson$119
- plus $680 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,59099%
- Education$111%
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 | 13 | $215 |
| Novo Nordisk | 15 | $169 |
| AstraZeneca | 13 | $163 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $132 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $123 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $119 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $112 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $106 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $84 |
| Merck | 5 | $71 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $70 |
| GSK | 5 | $61 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $52 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $23 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$1,601 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,680 family medicine providers in Alabama.
Other family medicine in Huntsville
- Kathleen DupperHuntsville$210K
- Whitney TewHuntsville$114K
- Daniel EnglertHuntsville$82K
- Jack EnglertHuntsville$37K
- Tobin FisherHuntsville$33K
- David ShowersHuntsville$18K
- Christopher OhalloranHuntsville$18K
- Michael HoneywellHuntsville$17K
- Prasanna AlladaHuntsville$16K
- Lashelle BarmoreBirmingham$486K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.