Michelle Gooch
Acute Care · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1528123114
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (46.7%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by United Therapeutics Corporation at 34.1% of the total. Among acute care clinicians in TN 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 397 payments — averaging $87.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- United Therapeutics Corporation$12K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$8K
- Grifols USA, LLC$7K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$2K
- GSK$824
- plus $3K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,20612%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,27447%
- Travel & lodging$5,67116%
- Food & beverage$8,50424%
- Education$2281%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 43 | $11,909 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 27 | $7,963 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 41 | $7,181 |
| AstraZeneca | 58 | $2,466 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 71 | $1,695 |
| GSK | 49 | $824 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 17 | $591 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 17 | $329 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 11 | $312 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 8 | $264 |
| Grifols Shared Services North America, Inc. | 1 | $240 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 11 | $186 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 7 | $180 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $159 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $100 |
| Gilead | 5 | $66 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $58 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $56 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $52 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$34,882 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 738 acute care providers in Tennessee.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 12 | $12,929 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 14 | $9,812 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 16 | $529 |
| Azithromycin | 24 | $284 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 15 | $202 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $824 | $12,92912 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere | $2,466 | $9,81214 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 95th percentile of 738 acute care providers in Tennessee.
Other acute care in Chattanooga
- Lisa BrooksChattanooga$10K
- Laura CrowleyChattanooga$6K
- Tabetha EwtonChattanooga$5K
- Benjamin McClellanChattanooga$5K
- Haley HoyNashville$368K
- Anne AlexandrovMemphis$110K
- Stephen MillerKnoxville$108K
- Shannon GraceNashville$57K
- Timothy BallardKnoxville$47K
- Kelsey MartinNashville$42K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.