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Gregory Cheatham, MD

Family Medicine · Decatur, ALNPI 1003844754

Payments from drug & device makers

$11,266in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 673 payments — averaging $16.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$2K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • AstraZeneca$774
  • Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$621
  • Lilly USA, LLC$510
  • Amgen$444
  • plus $6K from 52 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$11,05898%
  • Education$2082%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Novo Nordisk117$1,702
AbbVie(2 entities)88$1,114
AstraZeneca36$774
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.33$621
Lilly USA, LLC33$510
Amgen29$444
Lundbeck LLC20$422
Astellas Pharma US Inc15$364
Bayer21$362
Johnson & Johnson23$340
Indivior Inc.12$301
Novartis17$300
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)15$290
Pfizer17$278
Abbott14$274
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC18$272
Merck16$270
Antares Pharma, Inc.13$255
Mylan Specialty L.p.11$206
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.7$167
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC9$161
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.10$156
GSK10$137
Amarin Pharma, Inc.6$105
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.5$100
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.8$99
Boehringer Ingelheim6$93
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.5$88
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$77
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$77
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$75
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$65
Exact Sciences3$65
Dexcom, Inc.3$60
Adlon Therapeutics L.p.4$55
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$55
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.3$45
Gilead2$41
Neos Therapeutics, LP2$36
Evoke Pharma, Inc.2$36
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.2$34
Genentech USA, Inc.2$30
Medtronic2$30
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.1$29
Corcept Therapeutics1$25
BETA Bionics, Inc.1$22
Insulet Corporation1$22
Shield Therapeutics Inc1$21
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc1$20
Eisai Inc.1$20
Alkermes, Inc.1$19
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.1$18
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc1$15
Boston Scientific1$15
Halozyme Inc1$14
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC1$14
Vifor Pharma, Inc.1$13
MDD US Operations, LLC1$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

$11,266 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,680 family medicine providers in Alabama.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$186,214
Medicare patients
579
Services billed
2,195

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
JardianceEmpagliflozin228$234,860
MounjaroTirzepatide161$181,886
EliquisApixaban220$181,223
OzempicSemaglutide143$162,192
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate128$106,911
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol117$101,549
XareltoRivaroxaban95$80,530
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter104$67,798
RexultiBrexpiprazole31$47,696
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan60$46,420
Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl234$45,376
LinzessLinaclotide40$38,314
RybelsusSemaglutide18$29,627
TrulicityDulaglutide25$28,407
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab31$27,781

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$93$234,860228 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$510$210,293186 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$1,702$191,818161 claims
PfizerEliquis, Premarin$278$186,296238 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort, Brilinta$774$125,232168 claims
MerckJanuvia$270$106,911128 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta$137$87,244135 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$340$80,53095 claims
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti$621$47,69631 claims
NovartisEntresto$300$46,42060 claims
AbbVieLinzess$1,114$38,31440 claims
BayerKerendia$362$22,65423 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 1,680 family medicine providers in Alabama.

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