John Hammond
Psychiatry · Birmingham, ALNPI 1154766905
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 237 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 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,177, more than ten times the $94 reported in 2019.
Across 237 payments — averaging $20.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$634
- Lundbeck LLC$600
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$462
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$416
- Corium, LLC$367
- Johnson & Johnson$313
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,773100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 27 | $634 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 36 | $600 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 23 | $462 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 20 | $416 |
| Corium, LLC | 20 | $367 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $313 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 19 | $299 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 13 | $278 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 8 | $197 |
| Merck | 9 | $184 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 10 | $183 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 7 | $157 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 6 | $150 |
| Alpha Cognition USA, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 5 | $92 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $85 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $52 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$4,773 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 400 psychiatry 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 51 | $73,092 |
| TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide | 50 | $24,013 |
| NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine | 23 | $18,807 |
| BelsomraSuvorexant | 42 | $18,765 |
| AuvelityDextromethorphan Hbr/Bupropion | 17 | $16,734 |
| SaphrisAsenapine Maleate | 12 | $13,839 |
| Doxepin Hcl | 39 | $6,483 |
| Aripiprazole | 62 | $5,750 |
| Clozapine | 114 | $4,482 |
| Paliperidone ErPaliperidone | 12 | $4,453 |
| DayvigoLemborexant | 12 | $3,352 |
| Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate | 13 | $3,065 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 121 | $2,959 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 75 | $2,717 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 200 | $2,621 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $416 | $73,09251 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix | $462 | $24,01350 claims |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta | $47 | $18,80723 claims |
| MerckBelsomra | $184 | $18,76542 claims |
| AbbVieSaphris | $85 | $13,83912 claims |
| Eisai Inc.Dayvigo | $19 | $3,35212 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $41 | $99973 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 85th percentile of 400 psychiatry providers in Alabama.
Other psychiatry in Birmingham
- Armand SchachterBirmingham$758K
- Stephen HughesBirmingham$683K
- Leesha Ellis CoxBirmingham$653K
- Godehard OepenBirmingham$516K
- Richard SheltonBirmingham$79K
- Melissa KarrhBirmingham$51K
- Matthew MacalusoBirmingham$49K
- Santosh PillaiBirmingham$28K
- Jennifer HadleyBirmingham$27K
- Kerry ClearyBirmingham$12K
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.