John Hammonds
Primary Care · Vestavia, ALNPI 1518494020
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.3% of the total across 142 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 31 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 142 payments — averaging $26.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$628
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$500
- Nevro Corp.$465
- Globus Medical$371
- Abbott$262
- AbbVie$251
- plus $1K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,67898%
- Education$632%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $628 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 32 | $500 |
| Nevro Corp. | 13 | $465 |
| Globus Medical | 7 | $371 |
| Abbott | 5 | $262 |
| AbbVie | 11 | $251 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 14 | $166 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $119 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 6 | $113 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $105 |
| Amgen | 3 | $82 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $68 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $59 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $58 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $56 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Atland Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Vertex | 1 | $22 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| GSK | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 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.
- Senza$256
- SUPERION$226
- PROCLAIM$132
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$132
How this compares
$3,741 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 159 primary care 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 62 | $53,170 |
| Buprenorphine | 83 | $20,068 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 302 | $11,428 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 35 | $10,362 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 212 | $6,696 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 15 | $6,201 |
| Pregabalin | 135 | $4,147 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 294 | $4,124 |
| Gabapentin | 199 | $3,532 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 196 | $2,505 |
| Lidocaine | 24 | $1,981 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 87 | $1,760 |
| Methocarbamol | 98 | $1,653 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 33 | $1,443 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 44 | $1,331 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Belbuca, Xtampza Er | $500 | $63,53297 claims |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USABuprenorphine, Morphine Sulfate, Buprenorphine Hcl | $113 | $21,876142 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 80th percentile of 159 primary care providers in Alabama.
Other primary care in Vestavia
- Isuan IriabhoVestavia$2K
- Keith MatthewsOpelika$20K
- Troy HendersonFultondale$18K
- April TateDothan$16K
- Brandy McGrawMobile$14K
- Cleo ValdezHuntsville$14K
- Larissa RobinsonJasper$11K
- Jamie GhrigsbyMoulton$9K
- Josh WarrenBirmingham$9K
- Amber NelsonHoover$9K
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.