Joseph Farina, MD
Neurology · Cullman, ALNPI 1710011499
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 200 payments — averaging $18.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$554
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$381
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$315
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$268
- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc$187
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$177
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$973%
- Food & beverage$3,59297%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 43 | $554 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $381 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 23 | $315 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $268 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 11 | $187 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $177 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $153 |
| GE HealthCare | 7 | $146 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 5 | $142 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $140 |
| Biogen | 12 | $135 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 9 | $129 |
| Greenwich Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Amgen | 6 | $108 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 6 | $106 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $80 |
| Eisai Inc. | 5 | $77 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $33 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 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.
- NURTEC ODT$228
- Epidiolex$123
How this compares
$3,689 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 255 neurology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 16 | $2,685 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 20 | $2,380 |
| Levetiracetam | 14 | $1,073 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 13 | $609 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 17 | $452 |
| Memantine Hcl | 17 | $390 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $263 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 19 | $240 |
| Zonisamide | 13 | $224 |
| Pramipexole DihydrochloridePramipexole Di-Hcl | 19 | $151 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 14 | $91 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Cullman
- Christopher LagankeCullman$5.9M
- Emily RiserBirmingham$7.1M
- Louis NaborsBirmingham$3.2M
- Belinda Savage-EdwardsHuntsville$2.8M
- Khurram BashirBirmingham$2.8M
- David GeldmacherBirmingham$2.6M
- Victor SungBirmingham$2M
- Mina LobbousBirmingham$1.8M
- Diane CounceBirmingham$1.4M
- Judy WhiteFlorala$1.1M
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.