Paola Bass, MD
Internal Medicine · Dothan, ALNPI 1821091869
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 219 payments — averaging $15.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$460
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$418
- GSK$408
- Bayer$233
- Novo Nordisk$227
- Amgen$192
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,38597%
- Education$953%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 34 | $460 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 24 | $418 |
| GSK | 24 | $408 |
| Bayer | 12 | $233 |
| Novo Nordisk | 20 | $227 |
| Amgen | 13 | $192 |
| Abbott | 10 | $171 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 8 | $168 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $167 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $137 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $122 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $91 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $91 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $89 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $85 |
| Merck | 6 | $79 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $51 |
| Corium, LLC | 2 | $51 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Novartis | 1 | $24 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,480 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,533 internal 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 | 40 | $70,151 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 39 | $58,323 |
| EliquisApixaban | 61 | $57,146 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 44 | $43,220 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 34 | $25,117 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 34 | $21,799 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 24 | $16,182 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 18 | $11,631 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 11 | $10,350 |
| Colesevelam Hcl | 13 | $5,985 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 16 | $4,435 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 296 | $4,424 |
| Potassium Chloride | 86 | $4,125 |
| Sucralfate | 12 | $3,684 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 29 | $3,568 |
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 | $227 | $70,15140 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $460 | $58,32339 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $89 | $57,14661 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $91 | $43,22044 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $137 | $21,79934 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $418 | $16,18224 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $122 | $10,35011 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $45 | $1,555132 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 80th percentile of 1,533 internal medicine providers in Alabama.
Other internal medicine in Dothan
- Donavon WewersDothan$1.3M
- Justin HoveyDothan$67K
- Harry StuddardMobile$12.9M
- Almena FreeAnniston$12.7M
- Hayes WilliamsVestavia$10.4M
- David DeatkineBirmingham$8M
- James SullivanBirmingham$6M
- Ramy TomaBirmingham$5.1M
- Barry McLeanHomewood$4M
- William KirbyBirmingham$2.3M
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.