Deborah Shepard
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Fayetteville, GANPI 1427098276
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 118 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 44.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $713 and has fallen 93.8% since, to $44 in 2025.
Across 118 payments — averaging $18.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$976
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$130
- Bayer$127
- Amgen$114
- Radius Health, Inc.$113
- Evofem Biosciences, Inc.$79
- plus $639 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,178100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 52 | $976 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 6 | $130 |
| Bayer | 7 | $127 |
| Amgen | 7 | $114 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $113 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | $79 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $71 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $43 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $42 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 2 | $41 |
| Merck | 3 | $41 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Optumhealth Care Solutions, LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Biogen | 1 | $28 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| Neotract Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Organon | 1 | $16 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,178 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,324 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Georgia.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Fayetteville
- Matthew RalstenFayetteville$64K
- Elizabeth KillebrewFayetteville$12K
- Edmund KimLawrenceville$628K
- Jacquelin WaltersDuluth$147K
- Nicole SparksJohns Creek$121K
- Lethenia BakerThomaston$111K
- Renee AllenAtlanta$74K
- Murray FreedmanAugusta$48K
- Tosha Rogers-JonesAtlanta$46K
- Teresa ByrdMarietta$41K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.