Linda Medford
Women's Health · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1699756098
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.9% of the total across 209 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among women's health clinicians in TN 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 209 payments — averaging $20.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$675
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$560
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$457
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$449
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$408
- AbbVie$295
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3017%
- Food & beverage$3,84891%
- Education$852%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 37 | $675 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 8 | $560 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 22 | $457 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 19 | $449 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 23 | $408 |
| AbbVie | 21 | $295 |
| Bayer | 15 | $276 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 13 | $220 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $192 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 9 | $185 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $154 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $117 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Organon | 2 | $44 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $33 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $25 |
| Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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$301
- Twirla$166
- Slynd$166
How this compares
$4,234 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 202 women's health providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 99 | $3,910 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 18 | $1,083 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 13 | $772 |
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly)Estradiol | 15 | $652 |
| Metronidazole | 12 | $325 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 11 | $196 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 14 | $107 |
| Paroxetine Hcl | 14 | $107 |
| Fluconazole | 16 | $90 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other women's health in Chattanooga
- Shawn ReussChattanooga$5K
- Mildred GeeterChattanooga$3K
- Haley WoodFranklin$92K
- Dana DemossNashville$76K
- Royanne MooreNashville$29K
- Laurie TompkinsBrentwood$27K
- Lana HirschNashville$24K
- Yoshie DarnallNashville$10K
- Lisa GoehringNashville$9K
- Anya ZerillaKnoxville$8K
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.