Fernando Lopez, MD
Psychiatry · Dothan, ALNPI 1659391951
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 825 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 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,622, 2.0 times the $1,795 reported in 2019. Among psychiatry 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 825 payments — averaging $21.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- AbbVie$3K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$2K
- Alkermes, Inc.$2K
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$2K
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$1K
- plus $5K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$17,664100%
- Education$470%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 184 | $3,383 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 129 | $2,546 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 91 | $2,061 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 74 | $2,013 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 56 | $1,711 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 49 | $1,015 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 24 | $830 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 42 | $769 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 53 | $755 |
| Indivior Inc. | 29 | $583 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 19 | $536 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 25 | $397 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 21 | $321 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $157 |
| Corium, LLC | 5 | $140 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 6 | $98 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $53 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$17,710 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 400 psychiatry 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Invega SustennaPaliperidone Palmitate | 407 | $1,305,972 |
| Abilify MaintenaAripiprazole | 157 | $461,872 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 47 | $254,652 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 99 | $154,288 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 69 | $119,975 |
| Invega TrinzaPaliperidone Palmitate | 11 | $85,085 |
| AristadaAripiprazole Lauroxil | 19 | $59,562 |
| CaplytaLumateperone Tosylate | 27 | $48,955 |
| LybalviOlanzapine/Samidorphan Malate | 23 | $39,428 |
| Paliperidone ErPaliperidone | 123 | $25,193 |
| Aripiprazole | 215 | $24,766 |
| Fluphenazine Decanoate | 181 | $18,854 |
| NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine | 11 | $18,167 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 630 | $14,105 |
| Fluphenazine Hcl | 101 | $13,742 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonInvega Sustenna, Invega Trinza | $3,383 | $1,391,057418 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Abilify Maintena, Rexulti | $2,061 | $581,847226 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo | $769 | $254,65247 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar | $2,546 | $154,28899 claims |
| Alkermes, Inc.Aristada, Lybalvi | $2,013 | $98,99042 claims |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)Caplyta | $1,015 | $48,95527 claims |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta | $157 | $18,16711 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Vyvanse | $69 | $9,88826 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $98 | $4,351400 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 400 psychiatry providers in Alabama.
Other psychiatry in Dothan
- John StrunkDothan$26K
- Jonathan PfeiferDothan$7K
- Emmalyn Bady-McdowellDothan$5K
- Dallarie JamisonDothan$4K
- Armand SchachterBirmingham$758K
- Stephen HughesBirmingham$683K
- Leesha Ellis CoxBirmingham$653K
- Godehard OepenBirmingham$516K
- Scariya KumaramangalamHuntsville$440K
- Mark HaygoodMobile$348K
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.