John Hudson
Sleep Medicine · Austin, TXNPI 1487626008
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 49.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,596 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $133 in 2024.
Across 255 payments — averaging $64.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$8K
- Harmony Biosciences LLC$2K
- Biogen$2K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$1K
- Merck$1K
- Eisai Inc.$690
- plus $1K from 14 others
Across 1,468 payments — averaging $7143.65 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Eli Lilly$5.4M
- AbbVie$1.1M
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$866K
- Alkermes, Inc.$445K
- Merck$394K
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$386K
- plus $1.9M from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,45045%
- Travel & lodging$3,85623%
- Food & beverage$5,08331%
- Education$450%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 63 | $8,172 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 77 | $2,240 |
| Biogen | 11 | $1,599 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $1,393 |
| Merck | 34 | $1,076 |
| Eisai Inc. | 9 | $690 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 5 | $325 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $174 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $160 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 9 | $158 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 6 | $123 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $112 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 1 | $20 |
| Promius Pharma LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $5 |
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
$16,435 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 112 sleep medicine providers in Texas.
Other sleep medicine in Austin
- Ashwin GowdaAustin$71K
- Bhavim DesaiAustin$17K
- Vani VallabhaneniAustin$3K
- Gerard MeskillSugar Land$1M
- Vikas JainFrisco$673K
- Amit VermaHouston$493K
- Jerald SimmonsHouston$165K
- James AndrySan Antonio$100K
- William BurkesBeaumont$99K
- John DebusDallas$38K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.