Douglas Josephson
Pediatrics · Alpharetta, GANPI 1376570192
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 131 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 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $614 and has fallen 53.8% since, to $284 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 131 payments — averaging $18.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$556
- Corium, LLC$429
- Neos Therapeutics, LP$205
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$177
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$145
- Pfizer$142
- plus $726 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,380100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 32 | $556 |
| Corium, LLC | 20 | $429 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 11 | $205 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 12 | $177 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 7 | $145 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $142 |
| Merck | 10 | $131 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 7 | $124 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 5 | $110 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 6 | $94 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $20 |
| GSK | 1 | $20 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $16 |
| Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Biogen | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,380 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,111 pediatrics providers in Georgia.
Other pediatrics in Alpharetta
- Edward SalzbergAlpharetta$9K
- Amir AshrafiAtlanta$563K
- Sandra ArmsteadLithonia$424K
- Satheesh ChonatAtlanta$147K
- Karen ZimowskiAtlanta$139K
- F CantrellMarietta$129K
- Iyabode Akinsanya-BeysolowAtlanta$103K
- Lauren MiddlebrooksAtlanta$71K
- Rebecca EmoryAtlanta$40K
- Mark GriffithsAtlanta$34K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.