James Wilhite, MD
Internal Medicine · Tuscaloosa, ALNPI 1043329808
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 141 payments — averaging $17.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$452
- Amgen$235
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$198
- Johnson & Johnson$162
- GSK$141
- Urovant Sciences Inc$125
- plus $1K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,46399%
- Education$261%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 36 | $452 |
| Amgen | 13 | $235 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $198 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $162 |
| GSK | 9 | $141 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 8 | $119 |
| Novartis | 8 | $113 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $109 |
| Alcon | 1 | $103 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $96 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $86 |
| Biogen | 4 | $82 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 2 | $71 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $29 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $29 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $26 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $24 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $18 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- GEMTESA$125
- Vascepa$123
- AcrySof IQ PanOptix$103
How this compares
$2,490 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,533 internal medicine providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 162 | $147,467 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 125 | $97,447 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 86 | $86,688 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 24 | $43,491 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 61 | $43,177 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 34 | $37,779 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 31 | $32,223 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 24 | $26,617 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 25 | $23,930 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 20 | $19,530 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 24 | $18,124 |
| TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide | 17 | $11,722 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 12 | $11,642 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 21 | $11,418 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 17 | $10,292 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis, Premarin | $96 | $150,178175 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $162 | $97,447125 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $29 | $86,68886 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $24 | $64,39658 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $18 | $43,17761 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $113 | $23,93025 claims |
| AbbVieCreon, Synthroid | $452 | $20,130109 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix | $15 | $11,72217 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $141 | $10,29217 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $29 | $9,22715 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $26 | $7,65614 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 75th percentile of 1,533 internal medicine providers in Alabama.
Other internal medicine in Tuscaloosa
- Nancy Tactuk RomanenkoTuscaloosa$21K
- Harry StuddardMobile$12.9M
- Almena FreeAnniston$12.7M
- Hayes WilliamsVestavia$10.4M
- David DeatkineBirmingham$8M
- James SullivanBirmingham$6M
- Ramy TomaBirmingham$5.1M
- Barry McLeanHomewood$4M
- William KirbyBirmingham$2.3M
- Saadat AnsariHuntsville$2.1M
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.