Heather Forson
Surgical · Birmingham, ALNPI 1265485601
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 447 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 34 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among surgical clinicians in AL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 447 payments — averaging $18.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$1K
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Abbott$486
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$423
- IBSA Pharma Inc.$388
- plus $3K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,292100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 98 | $1,493 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 99 | $1,433 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 61 | $1,277 |
| Abbott | 9 | $486 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 25 | $423 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 21 | $388 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $384 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 16 | $333 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 11 | $316 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 15 | $255 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $243 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $166 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $166 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 11 | $125 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $124 |
| USWM, LLC | 9 | $123 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 3 | $58 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $48 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $43 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $28 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Neurometrix Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, 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
$8,292 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 162 surgical providers in Alabama.
Other surgical in Birmingham
- Suzanne Powe VickersBirmingham$8K
- Samuel MurphreeBirmingham$6K
- Kelsey KoesterBirmingham$4K
- Timothy TreloarBirmingham$4K
- Ronald PhilleyBirmingham$3K
- Allison SeamonBirmingham$3K
- Priya PatelBirmingham$3K
- David StootsBirmingham$3K
- Jody St ClairBirmingham$3K
- Amy SchalkBirmingham$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.