Michael Hulse, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Woodstock, GANPI 1033105440
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (51.3%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 53.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $12,940 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $123 in 2024. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 156 payments — averaging $150.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$13K
- Acessa Health Inc.$8K
- AbbVie$632
- Medtronic$504
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$289
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$215
- plus $2K from 28 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $412.50 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$413
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,70033%
- Food & beverage$3,70716%
- Education$12,00051%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 9 | $12,520 |
| Acessa Health Inc. | 4 | $7,700 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 37 | $632 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $504 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 8 | $289 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 10 | $215 |
| Myriad Women's Health, Inc. | 2 | $169 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $163 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $152 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 3 | $102 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 3 | $97 |
| Bayer | 5 | $96 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 5 | $94 |
| Organon | 5 | $83 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 5 | $71 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $50 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $39 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Merck | 2 | $26 |
| Meditrina | 2 | $26 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $20 |
| Lupin Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $14 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $13 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $11 |
| Dysis Medical, Inc. | 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
$23,407 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,324 obstetrics & gynecology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly)Estradiol | 15 | $1,957 |
| Estradiol | 27 | $1,021 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 17 | $295 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 11 | $215 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride | 12 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Woodstock
- Edmund KimLawrenceville$628K
- Jacquelin WaltersDuluth$147K
- Nicole SparksJohns Creek$121K
- Lethenia BakerThomaston$111K
- Renee AllenAtlanta$74K
- Matthew RalstenFayetteville$64K
- Murray FreedmanAugusta$48K
- Tosha Rogers-JonesAtlanta$46K
- Teresa ByrdMarietta$41K
- Christopher BassilSuwanee$39K
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.