Nicholas Knight, MD
Adult Medicine · Selma, ALNPI 1558368548
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 39 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 14 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $246 and has fallen 86.9% since, to $32 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for adult medicine clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $991.
Across 39 payments — averaging $21.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$156
- AstraZeneca$149
- Johnson & Johnson$141
- GSK$104
- Exact Sciences$63
- Boston Scientific$57
- plus $183 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$84999%
- Education$51%
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 | 10 | $156 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $149 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $141 |
| GSK | 5 | $104 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $63 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $57 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $38 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $35 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $19 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $16 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- XARELTO$125
How this compares
$854 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 26 adult medicine providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 208 | $237,681 |
| EliquisApixaban | 199 | $132,448 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 127 | $87,408 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 114 | $83,851 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 82 | $53,752 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 46 | $51,375 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 63 | $50,629 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 63 | $40,376 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 30 | $27,823 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 24 | $21,440 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 19 | $20,047 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 27 | $17,971 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 19 | $17,060 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 23 | $12,714 |
| Colesevelam Hcl | 19 | $11,931 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $156 | $237,681208 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Premarin | $35 | $136,798215 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Stiolto Respimat | $16 | $110,875155 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $149 | $87,408127 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $104 | $75,506125 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $141 | $50,62963 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $38 | $47,87049 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $15 | $17,06019 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 45th percentile of 26 adult medicine providers in Alabama.
Other adult medicine in Selma
- Jack BurnsSelma$709
- Bruce TaylorSelma$318
- Eyston HunteMobile$139K
- Delano BenjaminForestdale$10K
- Walter BrandnerBirmingham$9K
- Jeremy LedfordOpelika$9K
- Eric BeckerMobile$7K
- William SargeantMontgomery$6K
- Anthony ChestangBirmingham$5K
- Jeremy AllenPell City$4K
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.