Michael Geer
Hypertension Specialist · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1669492526
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 95 payments — averaging $23.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$545
- Novartis$374
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$259
- Novo Nordisk$224
- AstraZeneca$182
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$113
- plus $538 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,235100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 17 | $545 |
| Novartis | 18 | $374 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $259 |
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $224 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $182 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $113 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $107 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $98 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $93 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Gilead | 1 | $14 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $11 |
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
Too few hypertension specialist providers in Tennesseeto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other hypertension specialist in Chattanooga
- James GainerNashville$28K
- Cheryl LafferNashville$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.