Kent Lyon, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Athens, GANPI 1063476364
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 214 payments — averaging $20.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$763
- Lilly USA, LLC$572
- Dexcom, Inc.$537
- AstraZeneca$426
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$242
- Radius Health, Inc.$197
- plus $2K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,389100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 34 | $763 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 40 | $572 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 17 | $537 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 24 | $426 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 11 | $242 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 4 | $197 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $177 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $137 |
| Insulet Corporation | 7 | $131 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 2 | $129 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 8 | $123 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $105 |
| Abbott | 3 | $82 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $76 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $71 |
| Bayer | 4 | $63 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $55 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $39 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $33 |
| Invivyd Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $29 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $21 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Vistapharm, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Organon | 1 | $8 |
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
$4,389 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 222 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Georgia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| RecorlevLevoketoconazole | 11 | $364,296 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 254 | $271,345 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 101 | $136,820 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 46 | $66,060 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 44 | $39,881 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 38 | $35,728 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 22 | $29,968 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 19 | $22,922 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 11 | $16,247 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 12 | $15,606 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 31 | $13,688 |
| Bydureon BciseExenatide Microspheres | 11 | $8,857 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 40 | $8,829 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 23 | $7,343 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 14 | $6,910 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Recorlev | $137 | $364,29611 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $572 | $337,406300 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus, Novolog | $763 | $158,854126 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $426 | $39,88144 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $55 | $35,72838 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $39 | $2,87622 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $19 | $1,631159 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 55th percentile of 222 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Georgia.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Athens
- Malek MushrefAthens$9K
- Bruce BodeAtlanta$18.3M
- Gulliermo UmpierrezAtlanta$6.6M
- John ReedRoswell$5.7M
- Thomas JonesMacon$4.8M
- Steven LeichterColumbus$3.1M
- Jason BernerJasper$2.6M
- Ashwini GoreMacon$2.6M
- Adeniyi OdugbesanLawrenceville$1.8M
- David RobertsonAtlanta$1.7M
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.