Jimmy Sparks
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1073606042
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.8% of the total across 67 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 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $569 and has fallen 97.4% since, to $15 in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $1,456.
Across 67 payments — averaging $17.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$249
- AbbVie$239
- Pfizer$128
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$126
- BD$106
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$49
- plus $281 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,16499%
- Education$141%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 10 | $249 |
| AbbVie | 12 | $239 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $128 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $126 |
| BD | 3 | $106 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 4 | $49 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Bayer | 2 | $33 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 2 | $30 |
| Merck | 2 | $28 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Lupin Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $12 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Acessa Health Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Prolia$110
How this compares
$1,178 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 537 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Alabama.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Birmingham
- Theodore TsaltasBirmingham$853K
- Tomeka RobertsBirmingham$44K
- Percy HudsonBirmingham$29K
- Heidi StraughnBirmingham$29K
- William HudsonBirmingham$13K
- William JohnsonBirmingham$10K
- Cynthia BrownBirmingham$10K
- Loretta PrestonBirmingham$10K
- Laura Lee JoinerBirmingham$9K
- Victoria WheelerBirmingham$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.