John Simpson
Pediatrics · Birmingham, ALNPI 1871512558
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 91 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 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 91 payments — averaging $16.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$218
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$199
- Neos Therapeutics, LP$145
- Tris Pharma Inc$140
- Pfizer$113
- GSK$98
- plus $561 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,46499%
- Education$111%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 13 | $218 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 14 | $199 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 9 | $145 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 10 | $140 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $113 |
| GSK | 6 | $98 |
| Corium, LLC | 5 | $85 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $84 |
| Merck | 6 | $80 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $40 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 2 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $22 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,475 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 908 pediatrics providers in Alabama.
Other pediatrics in Birmingham
- Tamera Coyne-BeasleyBirmingham$154K
- Linda HammettBirmingham$123K
- Darby McElderryBirmingham$111K
- Audrey LloydBirmingham$40K
- Suresh BoppanaBirmingham$31K
- Sula GillespieBirmingham$19K
- Brian StansellBirmingham$19K
- Leslie PittsBirmingham$10K
- Yolanda WheelerBirmingham$10K
- Tanikqua MooreBirmingham$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.