John West, MD
Family Medicine · Snellville, GANPI 1437257748
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $55,142 of the $61,902 with a category attached, or 89.1%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amarin Pharma, Inc. at 53.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $50,144 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $194 in 2025. Among family medicine clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 164 payments — averaging $377.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$33K
- Amgen$28K
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$144
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$141
- Novo Nordisk$107
- Exact Sciences$76
- plus $314 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$55,14289%
- Travel & lodging$3,3555%
- Food & beverage$3,3995%
- Education$60%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 53 | $32,821 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 65 | $28,299 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 8 | $144 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $141 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $107 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $76 |
| GSK | 4 | $68 |
| Novartis | 3 | $57 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $43 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $13 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $12 |
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
$61,902 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,111 family medicine providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 68 | $68,783 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 42 | $43,442 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 22 | $30,975 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 26 | $20,017 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 16 | $14,447 |
| Colesevelam Hcl | 30 | $9,715 |
| Ezetimibe | 403 | $9,335 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 817 | $9,184 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 527 | $6,517 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 22 | $5,896 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 42 | $4,047 |
| Valsartan-HydrochlorothiazideValsartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 102 | $4,008 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 329 | $3,997 |
| Irbesartan | 134 | $3,113 |
| Olmesartan-HydrochlorothiazideOlmesartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 90 | $2,658 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieSynthroid | $12 | $4,04742 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 95th percentile of 3,111 family medicine providers in Georgia.
Other family medicine in Snellville
- Benjamin AbrahamSnellville$20K
- Jeffrey KingsleyColumbus$404K
- Debbie HaginsSavannah$279K
- Yolanda WadeTyrone$233K
- Julian HutchinsWarrenton$222K
- Nadine Halliburton-FosterCumming$219K
- Contessa MetcalfeAtlanta$157K
- Elmore AlexanderStone Mountain$155K
- Bantwal BaligaColumbus$115K
- Avril CampbellFort Benning$108K
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.