James Koehler
Surgery · Fairhope, ALNPI 1558410969
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — gifts (42.3%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. AbbVie accounts for 91.7% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,949 and has fallen 73.4% since, to $2,111 in 2025. Among surgery 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 161 payments — averaging $109.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$16K
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$410
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$231
- Kls-martin L.p.$190
- Merz North America, Inc.$190
- Apyx Medical Corporation$185
- plus $251 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,22941%
- Food & beverage$2,94017%
- Gifts$7,45442%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 108 | $16,166 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 14 | $410 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 15 | $231 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 5 | $190 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 3 | $190 |
| Apyx Medical Corporation | 10 | $185 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $119 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $41 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $35 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
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
$17,623 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 382 surgery providers in Alabama.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 11 | $256 |
| Cephalexin | 32 | $182 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 18 | $155 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 16 | $91 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $63 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $53 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Fairhope
- Jimmie GavrasFairhope$19K
- John WilsonFairhope$10K
- John PorterfieldBessemer$972K
- Barton WoodAlabaster$702K
- Forrest RingoldMobile$678K
- Dennis FernandezHuntsville$266K
- Cameron AskewBirmingham$236K
- Terry TreadwellMontgomery$127K
- Charles NewmanGadsden$123K
- Jason BeaverDothan$106K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.