Malcolm Carson, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Atlanta, GANPI 1164925947
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $5,775 of the $9,101 with a category attached, or 63.5%. AbbVie accounts for 97.9% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,752, more than ten times the $52 reported in 2021. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in GA 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 31 payments — averaging $293.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$9K
- Medtronic$66
- Argenx US, Inc.$28
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$26
- Biogen$26
- MDD US Operations, LLC$24
- plus $17 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,77563%
- Travel & lodging$2,48827%
- Food & beverage$7989%
- Education$400%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 24 | $8,914 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $66 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Biogen | 1 | $26 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- BOTOX$8,592
How this compares
$9,101 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 214 physical medicine & rehabilitation 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 232 | $5,299 |
| Gabapentin | 275 | $3,417 |
| Baclofen | 113 | $2,039 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 79 | $1,969 |
| Lidocaine | 22 | $1,922 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 85 | $1,020 |
| Celecoxib | 50 | $961 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 79 | $697 |
| Dantrolene Sodium | 12 | $472 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 35 | $255 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 24 | $247 |
| Ibuprofen | 29 | $223 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 40 | $183 |
| Naproxen | 12 | $182 |
| Methylprednisolone | 33 | $177 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Atlanta
- Erik ShawAtlanta$175K
- Abana AzariahAtlanta$22K
- Michael SchaufeleAtlanta$20K
- Gerald BilskyAtlanta$16K
- Michael ChuAtlanta$7K
- Michael YochelsonAtlanta$7K
- Derick DavisAtlanta$6K
- Ashish KhannaAtlanta$6K
- Robert GodsallAtlanta$4K
- Robert MaldonadoAtlanta$4K
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.