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Eric Hemberg

Family Medicine · Opelika, ALNPI 1992738926

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.5% of the total across 463 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 46 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,172 and has fallen 97.3% since, to $114 in 2025. Among family medicine 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.

$8,000in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 463 payments — averaging $17.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AstraZeneca$2K
  • GSK$825
  • Novo Nordisk$697
  • Pfizer$674
  • Amarin Pharma, Inc.$420
  • Merck$419
  • plus $3K from 40 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$7,963100%
  • Education$370%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AstraZeneca(2 entities)68$1,521
GSK40$825
Novo Nordisk37$697
Pfizer55$674
Amarin Pharma, Inc.15$420
Merck37$419
Boehringer Ingelheim32$391
AbbVie(2 entities)29$350
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)18$332
Astellas Pharma US Inc16$260
Novartis14$214
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.3$149
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.14$142
Lilly USA, LLC12$136
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.1$135
Amgen8$135
Radius Health, Inc.7$134
Abbott1$121
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.9$99
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$93
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC6$84
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.4$67
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.3$50
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.4$49
Ardelyx, Inc.2$47
Corium, LLC2$35
Antares Pharma, Inc.2$34
Mylan Specialty L.p.2$34
UCB, Inc.2$33
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.1$32
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC2$26
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$25
Vivus LLC2$22
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.1$22
Lundbeck LLC1$19
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA1$19
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.1$19
Melinta Therapeutics, LLC1$18
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$18
Boston Scientific1$17
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.1$16
Evoke Pharma, Inc.1$16
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC1$14
Eisai Inc.1$14
Bayer1$12
Hologic Sales And Service, LLC1$12

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

$8,000 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,680 family medicine providers in Alabama.

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