Joseph Scales, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Huntsville, ALNPI 1952367120
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (58.3%), other and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Hologic Inc accounts for 87.5% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,010 and has fallen 88.5% since, to $116 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in AL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 20 payments — averaging $172.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Hologic Inc$3K
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$377
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$55
What the payments were for
- Grants$2,01458%
- Food & beverage$43212%
- Other$1,01029%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hologic Inc | 3 | $3,024 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 15 | $377 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $55 |
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
$3,456 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 448 diagnostic radiology 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.
Other diagnostic radiology in Huntsville
- Gregory GumHuntsville$9K
- Libby ShadingerHuntsville$8K
- Darrin JohnsonHuntsville$6K
- Timothy BakerHuntsville$5K
- Roderick ZalameaHuntsville$3K
- Paul FryHuntsville$3K
- Richard ColemanHuntsville$3K
- Thomas OwensHuntsville$3K
- Raechel ArmstrongHuntsville$3K
- Douglas SutherlandHuntsville$3K
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.