Has Frank Berenson received payments from drug or device companies?

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $1,205,670 in general payments to Frank Berenson across 2,218 transactions between 2019–2025. Most Open Payments records nationally are meals worth under $20; a reported payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Does a payment mean Frank Berenson did something wrong?

No. Federal law requires drug and device makers to report almost every transfer of value to a physician, including a $14 sandwich at a lunch presentation. Consulting fees, research funding and royalties to device inventors are ordinary, legal parts of medicine. This site reports what was disclosed; it makes no allegation.

Where does this information about Frank Berenson come from?

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Payments come from Open Payments, published under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Billing and prescribing figures come from the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners and Part D Prescriber public use files for 2024.

Frank Berenson

Neurology · Atlanta, GANPI 1689740987

Payments from drug & device makers

$1,205,670in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 2,218 payments — averaging $543.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

AbbVie$457K
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$181K
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$172K
Lilly USA, LLC$80K
Eli Lilly$67K
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.$43K
plus $205K from 54 others

$6,965in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 5 payments — averaging $1393.06 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

Eli Lilly$7K

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)	548	$457,423
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc	69	$180,529
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	140	$172,021
Lilly USA, LLC	141	$79,616
Eli Lilly	11	$67,058
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.	97	$43,406
Pfizer	82	$41,968
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.	40	$28,416
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.	54	$27,927
Amgen	2	$23,038
H. Lundbeck A S	3	$18,950
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	40	$18,220
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	6	$13,330
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC	72	$9,288
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC	9	$2,794
Lundbeck LLC	48	$2,688
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	117	$2,444
UCB, Inc.	97	$2,076
Neurelis, Inc.	44	$1,223
Eisai Inc.	55	$1,108
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.	38	$963
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	35	$891
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	40	$850
Corium, LLC	36	$813
SK Life Science, Inc.	31	$756
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	21	$577
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.	19	$453
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc	16	$415
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	28	$415
Tris Pharma Inc	20	$385
Neos Therapeutics, LP	36	$382
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	14	$376
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.	19	$362
Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc. (fka Avexis, Inc.)	3	$285
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	15	$249
Tonix Medicines, Inc.	5	$230
Biocodex, Inc.	7	$216
Medtronic	3	$208
Immedica Pharma US, Inc.	8	$194
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC	6	$187
Biogen	4	$180
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.	9	$178
AstraZeneca	4	$173
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	7	$169
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC	8	$165
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.	2	$164
Promius Pharma LLC	13	$144
Livanova USA, Inc.	8	$136
Nevro Corp.	1	$130
Impel Pharmaceuticals LLC	9	$123
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	6	$117
Otter Pharmaceuticals, LLC	4	$109
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.	12	$87
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.	1	$83
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC	6	$80
CSL Behring	3	$74
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.	4	$73
Zogenix Inc.	5	$71
Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	4	$65
Johnson & Johnson	2	$61

How this compares

$1,205,670 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 506 neurology providers in Georgia.

See all neurology providers in Georgia →

Other neurology in Atlanta

James LahAtlanta$6.8M
Jonathan GlassAtlanta$5.1M
Allan LeveyAtlanta$4.2M
Ben ThrowerAtlanta$3.7M
Jeffrey EnglishAtlanta$3.1M
Dennis LaceyAtlanta$2.8M
Julio FlaminiAtlanta$1.6M
Joash LazarusAtlanta$1.4M
Stewart FactorAtlanta$1M
Matthews GwynnAtlanta$775K

See the full list for Georgia →

Where these figures come from

Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.

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