Jennifer Sparks
Family · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1861788861
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $106,012 of the $120,233 with a category attached, or 88.2%. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 37.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $73,448 and has fallen 94.8% since, to $3,797 in 2025. Among family clinicians in TN 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 334 payments — averaging $359.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$45K
- Lilly USA, LLC$25K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$17K
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$12K
- Sanofi$10K
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$10K
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,8472%
- Speaking & faculty fees$106,01288%
- Grants$440%
- Travel & lodging$5,8245%
- Food & beverage$6,2985%
- Education$2070%
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) | 80 | $44,658 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 57 | $24,981 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 41 | $16,968 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 29 | $12,146 |
| Sanofi | 25 | $10,229 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 36 | $9,789 |
| Biogen | 5 | $190 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 4 | $145 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $124 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 6 | $117 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 5 | $107 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 6 | $85 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 4 | $81 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $68 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $46 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $46 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $35 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $16 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, 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.
How this compares
$120,233 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 6,706 family providers in Tennessee.
Other family in Chattanooga
- Marcie BeasleyChattanooga$91K
- Amy RainsChattanooga$55K
- Bronte NaplesChattanooga$26K
- Ernest BrandtChattanooga$21K
- Stacy BrownMt Juliet$719K
- Dana WebberKnoxville$499K
- Brandy BiedermanHixson$448K
- Cynthia MillerMurfreesboro$384K
- Tamera ThoenerNashville$254K
- April SwonerHermitage$246K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.