Michael Pinell, MD
Emergency Medicine · Saint Simons Island, GANPI 1841267606
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.5% of the total across 64 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 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $737 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $18 in 2024. Among emergency medicine 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 64 payments — averaging $16.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$201
- Tesaro, Inc.$113
- AstraZeneca$92
- Bristol Myers Squibb$82
- Bayer$73
- Amgen$72
- plus $406 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,00396%
- Education$374%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 12 | $201 |
| Tesaro, Inc. | 6 | $113 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $92 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 5 | $82 |
| Bayer | 5 | $73 |
| Amgen | 5 | $72 |
| CSL Behring | 3 | $68 |
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company | 4 | $65 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $64 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $34 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Gilead | 1 | $18 |
| Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Clovis Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,040 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,299 emergency medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 13 | $7,655 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 63 | $1,423 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 38 | $570 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 59 | $519 |
| Methocarbamol | 66 | $494 |
| Methylprednisolone | 70 | $456 |
| Meloxicam | 148 | $303 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 33 | $244 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 21 | $229 |
| Mupirocin | 25 | $196 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 12 | $179 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 35 | $174 |
| Butalbital-Acetaminophen-CaffeButalb/Acetaminophen/Caffeine | 14 | $162 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 26 | $162 |
| Cephalexin | 22 | $143 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other emergency medicine in Saint Simons Island
- Stephen MartinMarietta$1.8M
- Charles PollackRoswell$378K
- Michael BlaivasAugusta$284K
- Felicia PharagoodDuluth$144K
- Anna YaffeeAtlanta$101K
- Frank RaslerLilburn$58K
- Nicole HaigEast Point$57K
- Amy HubertCanton$40K
- Sean SueAtlanta$28K
- Emma SizemoreAtlanta$27K
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.