James Temple
Family Medicine · Alexander City, ALNPI 1063588002
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 158 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 26.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,128 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $13 in 2023.
Across 158 payments — averaging $15.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$660
- Novo Nordisk$371
- AbbVie$252
- Amgen$234
- GSK$151
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$147
- plus $660 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,474100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 46 | $660 |
| Novo Nordisk | 20 | $371 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 15 | $252 |
| Amgen | 14 | $234 |
| GSK | 10 | $151 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 9 | $147 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $103 |
| Novartis | 6 | $84 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $79 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $71 |
| Merck | 4 | $51 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $35 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $26 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $25 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $24 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $18 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$2,474 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,680 family medicine providers in Alabama.
Other family medicine in Alexander City
- Lashelle BarmoreBirmingham$486K
- Regina BenjaminBayou la Batre$222K
- Jonathan ParkerMuscle Shoals$214K
- Kathleen DupperHuntsville$210K
- Whitney TewHuntsville$114K
- Kelly HunterTuscaloosa$84K
- Daniel EnglertHuntsville$82K
- Joel LaughlinMobile$75K
- Ashleigh Butts-WilkersonMobile$54K
- Philip WilsonDothan$50K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.