Linda Bixler
Family · Douglas, GANPI 1053715573
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 245 payments — averaging $18.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$648
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$470
- AstraZeneca$442
- Amgen$435
- AbbVie$296
- Corcept Therapeutics$253
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,29795%
- Education$2145%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 33 | $648 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 22 | $470 |
| AstraZeneca | 23 | $442 |
| Amgen | 24 | $435 |
| AbbVie | 21 | $296 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 8 | $253 |
| Novo Nordisk | 15 | $249 |
| GSK | 9 | $207 |
| Novartis | 11 | $187 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 8 | $161 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $134 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 7 | $99 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $97 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $89 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $50 |
| Bayer | 3 | $47 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $44 |
| Abbott | 3 | $44 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $42 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $25 |
| Halozyme Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $16 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$4,511 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 6,258 family 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 45 | $52,126 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 21 | $31,823 |
| EliquisApixaban | 43 | $31,491 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 29 | $30,951 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 22 | $20,100 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 23 | $20,030 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 21 | $16,221 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 36 | $13,295 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 13 | $12,100 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 13 | $10,308 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 16 | $2,725 |
| Butalbital-Acetaminophen-CaffeButalb/Acetaminophen/Caffeine | 23 | $2,519 |
| Insulin Lispro Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 12 | $2,328 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 50 | $1,250 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 26 | $1,219 |
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 | $29 | $52,12645 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $161 | $31,82321 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $648 | $31,49143 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $442 | $30,95129 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $296 | $20,03023 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $470 | $12,10013 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $50 | $10,30813 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 90th percentile of 6,258 family providers in Georgia.
Other family in Douglas
- Farah SmithDouglas$15K
- Allie McAllisterMarietta$299K
- Tonita WashingtonLawrenceville$153K
- Erin HenryLawrenceville$135K
- Trisha RomanPeachtree City$134K
- Lori ReedMarietta$106K
- Julia BranchCumming$102K
- Hannah BanachWaycross$85K
- Morgan GroothandEvans$81K
- Anna Carolina WrightLilburn$69K
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.