Hugh Hall, MD
Internal Medicine · Augusta, GANPI 1134125396
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 219 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 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $958 and has fallen 52.8% since, to $452 in 2025.
Across 219 payments — averaging $16.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$721
- AstraZeneca$511
- Lilly USA, LLC$477
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$289
- AbbVie$280
- Alkermes, Inc.$162
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,685100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 51 | $721 |
| AstraZeneca | 28 | $511 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 32 | $477 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $289 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 19 | $280 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 7 | $162 |
| Amgen | 11 | $155 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $152 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $133 |
| GSK | 8 | $120 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $112 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $81 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $66 |
| Bayer | 3 | $57 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $50 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $31 |
| Stryker | 1 | $26 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,685 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,311 internal medicine providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XanaxAlprazolam | 13 | $22,501 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 12 | $5,599 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 45 | $1,447 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 59 | $1,392 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 15 | $881 |
| Gabapentin | 55 | $799 |
| Ropinirole Hcl | 25 | $739 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 35 | $631 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 16 | $531 |
| Famotidine | 13 | $479 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 34 | $441 |
| Mirtazapine | 19 | $431 |
| Pregabalin | 12 | $388 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 28 | $336 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 41 | $328 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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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.