Katherine Branum
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 508 payments — averaging $14.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- Amgen$641
- AstraZeneca$583
- Merck$511
- Johnson & Johnson$393
- plus $3K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,531100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 94 | $1,214 |
| Novo Nordisk | 87 | $1,054 |
| Amgen | 46 | $641 |
| AstraZeneca | 31 | $583 |
| Merck | 37 | $511 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 28 | $393 |
| GSK | 22 | $383 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 20 | $351 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 15 | $295 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $230 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 16 | $204 |
| Bayer | 10 | $201 |
| Novartis | 12 | $187 |
| Abbott | 11 | $167 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $166 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 10 | $150 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $125 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $123 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $86 |
| Corium, LLC | 3 | $61 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $60 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$7,531 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,415 family 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 44 | $54,722 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 46 | $54,317 |
| EliquisApixaban | 20 | $31,227 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 17 | $22,437 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 18 | $21,581 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 27 | $19,135 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 18 | $16,791 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 16 | $9,718 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 11 | $5,208 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 105 | $1,661 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 77 | $1,620 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 16 | $1,500 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 99 | $1,324 |
| Ezetimibe | 32 | $1,224 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 40 | $1,141 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $1,214 | $54,72244 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $1,054 | $54,31746 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $230 | $31,22720 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $583 | $22,43717 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $204 | $21,58118 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $511 | $19,13527 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $383 | $16,79118 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $49 | $5,20811 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 3,415 family providers in Alabama.
Other family in Troy
- Stephanie ReeseTroy$18K
- Justin WilsonCullman$1.1M
- Leigh Ann ChildressHuntsville$240K
- Molly ReevesAuburn$158K
- Christina CanteyHuntsville$118K
- Leigh LunaMontgomery$69K
- Christopher LovellMobile$64K
- Justin SimpsonTuscaloosa$43K
- Kellyn McMahonBirmingham$39K
- Ashley StinesTuscaloosa$29K
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.