Michael Sims
Family Medicine · Columbus, GANPI 1639170350
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 374 payments — averaging $13.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$751
- AbbVie$501
- AstraZeneca$495
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$480
- Novartis$328
- Johnson & Johnson$240
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,94399%
- Education$251%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 73 | $751 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 35 | $501 |
| AstraZeneca | 35 | $495 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 24 | $480 |
| Novartis | 21 | $328 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 30 | $240 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 14 | $239 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 15 | $222 |
| Eisai Inc. | 15 | $210 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $202 |
| Pfizer | 24 | $193 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $161 |
| Merck | 9 | $126 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $122 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $120 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $111 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $78 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| GSK | 3 | $41 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 2 | $33 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Vivus LLC | 2 | $21 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $20 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $12 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$4,968 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,111 family medicine providers in Georgia.
Other family medicine in Columbus
- Joseph SurberColumbus$16.6M
- Jeffrey KingsleyColumbus$8.1M
- Bantwal BaligaColumbus$117K
- Megbewe OkorobaColumbus$61K
- Kimberly Brown-GullattColumbus$35K
- Angela RitterGainesville$15.8M
- Christopher OldfieldSavannah$6.4M
- Darrell MurrayAtlanta$3.9M
- Ben ThomasAtlanta$3.2M
- Debbie HaginsSavannah$2.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.