Hatim Lukman
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Augusta, GANPI 1801901707
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (57.6%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 42.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,363 and has fallen 95.4% since, to $109 in 2024.
Across 72 payments — averaging $47.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$1K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AbbVie$254
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$196
- Pfizer$113
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$105
- plus $284 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,37540%
- Travel & lodging$522%
- Food & beverage$1,96058%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 3 | $1,437 |
| Novo Nordisk | 19 | $1,012 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $254 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $196 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $113 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 6 | $105 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 2 | $38 |
| Amgen | 2 | $32 |
| Organon | 2 | $31 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Bayer | 2 | $26 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Millicent US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Kvk-tech, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Lupin Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
How this compares
$3,400 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,324 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Georgia.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Augusta
- Murray FreedmanAugusta$48K
- Camilla ChanceAugusta$12K
- Edmund KimLawrenceville$628K
- Jacquelin WaltersDuluth$147K
- Nicole SparksJohns Creek$121K
- Lethenia BakerThomaston$111K
- Renee AllenAtlanta$74K
- Matthew RalstenFayetteville$64K
- Tosha Rogers-JonesAtlanta$46K
- Teresa ByrdMarietta$41K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.