Gail Cranshaw Megason
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Huntsville, ALNPI 1154352912
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $10,800 of the $13,350 with a category attached, or 80.9%. Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. accounts for 94.3% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $12,942 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $23 in 2025.
Across 56 payments — averaging $238.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$13K
- Novartis$231
- Pfizer$99
- Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC$59
- Amgen$56
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$53
- plus $259 from 14 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $750.00 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.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$750
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,80081%
- Travel & lodging$1,1929%
- Food & beverage$1,35910%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 19 | $12,594 |
| Novartis | 7 | $231 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $99 |
| Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC | 5 | $59 |
| Amgen | 3 | $56 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $53 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $30 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $26 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| ADMA Biomanufacturing LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Piramal Critical Care | 1 | $17 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Emmaus Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $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
$13,350 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 38 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Alabama.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Huntsville
- Jennifer CoxHuntsville$3K
- Marla DavesHuntsville$1K
- Jamie MusickHuntsville$648
- Sana MohiuddinHuntsville$467
- Carolyn RussoHuntsville$22
- Julie Kanter WashkoBirmingham$273K
- Aman WadhwaBirmingham$100K
- Frederick GoldmanBirmingham$76K
- Felicia WilsonMobile$65K
- Jeffrey LebensburgerBirmingham$57K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.