Mary Sheffield, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Alexander City, ALNPI 1811100050
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.6% of the total across 162 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 45 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $850, 7.2 times the $119 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology & oncology clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $7,159.
Across 162 payments — averaging $19.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$359
- Johnson & Johnson$260
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$205
- Amgen$178
- Gilead$155
- Eisai Inc.$128
- plus $2K from 39 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,04898%
- Education$752%
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.
How this compares
$3,123 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 177 hematology & oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| IbrancePalbociclib | 54 | $886,375 |
| RevlimidLenalidomide | 34 | $562,571 |
| JakafiRuxolitinib Phosphate | 31 | $530,746 |
| ImbruvicaIbrutinib | 25 | $488,703 |
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 22 | $319,274 |
| PomalystPomalidomide | 14 | $298,689 |
| Lenalidomide | 17 | $198,456 |
| CalquenceAcalabrutinib Maleate | 12 | $187,645 |
| ErleadaApalutamide | 12 | $179,157 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 54 | $87,580 |
| Imatinib Mesylate | 35 | $58,147 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 15 | $13,766 |
| EliquisApixaban | 21 | $12,313 |
| Exemestane | 28 | $8,222 |
| Anastrozole | 133 | $3,903 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerIbrance, Eliquis | $128 | $898,68875 claims |
| Bristol Myers SquibbRevlimid | $109 | $562,57134 claims |
| Incyte CorporationJakafi | $63 | $530,74631 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi | $40 | $319,27422 claims |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Pomalyst | $205 | $298,68914 claims |
| AstraZenecaCalquence | $72 | $187,64512 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonErleada | $260 | $179,15712 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCOlanzapine | $84 | $18014 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 35th percentile of 177 hematology & oncology providers in Alabama.
Other hematology & oncology in Alexander City
- Amitkumar MehtaBirmingham$683K
- Pankit VachhaniBirmingham$545K
- Luciano CostaBirmingham$409K
- Khaleel AshrafBirmingham$379K
- Michael BirrerBirmingham$302K
- Rudolph NavariBirmingham$254K
- Mayur NarkhedeBirmingham$193K
- Midhun MallaBirmingham$144K
- Robert ConryBirmingham$143K
- David MooneyBirmingham$120K
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.