Donald Fordham, MD
Family Medicine · Demorest, GANPI 1477537470
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 369 payments — averaging $21.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$2K
- AstraZeneca$831
- AbbVie$757
- Amgen$709
- Lilly USA, LLC$471
- Corcept Therapeutics$405
- plus $3K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,909100%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 87 | $2,048 |
| AstraZeneca | 38 | $831 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 47 | $757 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 24 | $709 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 24 | $471 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 13 | $405 |
| Bayer | 12 | $403 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 15 | $273 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 13 | $256 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 11 | $223 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $204 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 11 | $192 |
| GSK | 9 | $153 |
| Novartis | 7 | $131 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $123 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $92 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $90 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Merck | 3 | $47 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Abbott | 2 | $41 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Gilead | 2 | $37 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Mckesson Medical-surgical, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $29 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $17 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$7,923 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,111 family 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 251 | $276,645 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 228 | $245,918 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 98 | $130,258 |
| EliquisApixaban | 115 | $118,167 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 128 | $117,036 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 22 | $111,856 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 86 | $101,175 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 69 | $48,329 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 48 | $40,842 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 44 | $34,670 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 19 | $31,680 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 28 | $31,002 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 11 | $27,234 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 16 | $23,172 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 26 | $18,565 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $2,048 | $303,879262 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Combivent Respimat | $256 | $274,583276 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Cymbalta | $471 | $136,645122 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Premarin, Paxlovid | $123 | $130,817156 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $153 | $126,556150 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $831 | $121,557124 claims |
| AmgenOtezla | $709 | $111,85622 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $17 | $40,84248 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $47 | $23,17216 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $39 | $14,53213 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $757 | $8,47111 claims |
| Eisai Inc.Dayvigo | $44 | $4,25913 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 90th percentile of 3,111 family medicine providers in Georgia.
Other family medicine in Demorest
- Joseph SurberColumbus$16.6M
- Angela RitterGainesville$15.8M
- Jeffrey KingsleyColumbus$8.1M
- Christopher OldfieldSavannah$6.4M
- Darrell MurrayAtlanta$3.9M
- Ben ThomasAtlanta$3.2M
- Debbie HaginsSavannah$2.1M
- Aziz PiraniLilburn$2.1M
- Nadia CameronAtlanta$2.1M
- John LentzSnellville$1M
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.