George Hipp, MD
Emergency Medicine · Centreville, ALNPI 1245411289
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 43 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 57.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $525 and has fallen 96.9% since, to $16 in 2022. Among emergency 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.
Across 43 payments — averaging $24.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$598
- Abbott$109
- Johnson & Johnson$48
- Teleflex LLC$45
- Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.$43
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$42
- plus $149 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,034100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 13 | $598 |
| Abbott | 9 | $109 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $48 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Catheter Precision, Inc. FKA Ra Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Orexo US, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $11 |
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.
- HawkOne$119
How this compares
$1,034 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 565 emergency medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 62 | $499 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 39 | $429 |
| Cefdinir | 31 | $409 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 16 | $323 |
| Prednisone | 148 | $292 |
| Azithromycin | 60 | $277 |
| Fluconazole | 30 | $252 |
| Methocarbamol | 60 | $228 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 34 | $178 |
| Cephalexin | 20 | $154 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 19 | $147 |
| Mupirocin | 18 | $125 |
| Amoxicillin | 30 | $114 |
| Meclizine Hcl | 14 | $77 |
| Levofloxacin | 14 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other emergency medicine in Centreville
- Mark MitchellAtmore$309K
- James GalbraithBirmingham$74K
- Lauren WalterBirmingham$64K
- Mark ChristensenBoaz$31K
- Lisa Moreno-WaltonMobile$23K
- Jeremy TownsPell City$10K
- Malika AryanpureNorthport$9K
- Jorge AlsipMobile$8K
- Brian HassaniMontgomery$4K
- Maxwell ThompsonBirmingham$4K
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.