Gary Sides
Family Medicine · Festus, MONPI 1952309791
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 130 payments — averaging $17.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Novo Nordisk$198
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$157
- GSK$153
- Johnson & Johnson$58
- Novartis$58
- plus $414 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,317100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 56 | $1,279 |
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $198 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 11 | $157 |
| GSK | 14 | $153 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $58 |
| Novartis | 4 | $58 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $56 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $53 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $49 |
| Merck | 3 | $42 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $37 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| Amgen | 2 | $35 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $32 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $24 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,317 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 2,203 family medicine providers in Missouri.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Potassium Chloride | 15 | $172 |
| Simvastatin | 14 | $159 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 14 | $149 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 12 | $146 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 14 | $124 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 14 | $116 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Festus
- Leah SilverFestus$32K
- Anthony AndersonFestus$19K
- Timothy JenningsMaryland Heights$30.2M
- William HowittSpringfield$19.9M
- Rupal TrivediSaint Louis$10.6M
- Frederic PraterMaryland Heights$9.1M
- Leea ReedRogersville$7.9M
- Dennis MorrisonSpringfield$5.7M
- Luke van KirkSpringfield$5.6M
- Amy RobertsTown And Country$4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.