Dean Asher, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Mobile, ALNPI 1700856192
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,594 of the $2,069 with a category attached, or 77.1%. Philips North America LLC accounts for 91.2% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,908 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $17 in 2024. Among diagnostic radiology 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 14 payments — averaging $147.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Philips North America LLC$2K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$71
- Stryker$25
- Novartis$22
- GE HealthCare$19
- Sirtex Medical Inc$17
- plus $30 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,59477%
- Food & beverage$47523%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Philips North America LLC | 7 | $1,886 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Stryker | 1 | $25 |
| Novartis | 1 | $22 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $19 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $16 |
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company | 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.
- (9958) RI VUE PACS Software$906
- (9699) Radiology Informatics Vue$860
How this compares
$2,069 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 448 diagnostic radiology 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.
Other diagnostic radiology in Mobile
- Brian WoodMobile$32K
- Roger TartMobile$6K
- Lewis CoumanisMobile$5K
- John JohnsonMobile$5K
- James FrostMobile$5K
- Charles DiardMobile$3K
- Jack CunninghamMobile$2K
- Paul HannonMobile$2K
- Katherine LursenMobile$2K
- Paul BilleaudMobile$2K
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.