Paula Rookis, MD
Urology · Homewood, ALNPI 1962467969
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.8% of the total across 277 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 27.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,250 and has fallen 54.9% since, to $563 in 2025.
Across 277 payments — averaging $20.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$660
- Coloplast$360
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$306
- Boston Scientific$304
- plus $1K from 22 others
Across 32 payments — averaging $5267.63 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- AbbVie$169K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,16992%
- Education$4638%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 87 | $1,566 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 31 | $1,019 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 31 | $660 |
| Coloplast | 21 | $360 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 20 | $306 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $304 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 8 | $168 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 10 | $160 |
| Rochester Medical Corporation | 6 | $142 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $126 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 4 | $126 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 9 | $119 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 4 | $101 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $71 |
| Convatec Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $41 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $37 |
| Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $18 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| Allegis Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 1 | $12 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $8 |
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.
- INTERSTIM$361
- INTERSTIM ICON$170
- MYRBETRIQ$124
- GENERAL FEMALE SUI$115
How this compares
$5,632 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 179 urology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GemtesaVibegron | 374 | $311,119 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 353 | $266,515 |
| Estradiol | 532 | $43,175 |
| NitrofurantoinNitrofurantoin Macrocrystal | 493 | $20,153 |
| Mirabegron ErMirabegron | 19 | $11,414 |
| Trimethoprim | 147 | $10,590 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 81 | $6,161 |
| Tolterodine Tartrate ErTolterodine Tartrate | 43 | $5,029 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 71 | $4,897 |
| Cephalexin | 283 | $4,745 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 109 | $3,860 |
| Fesoterodine Fumarate ErFesoterodine Fumarate | 20 | $3,376 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 237 | $3,278 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 52 | $1,890 |
| YuvafemEstradiol | 13 | $1,878 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $306 | $311,119374 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $660 | $266,515353 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 70th percentile of 179 urology providers in Alabama.
Other urology in Homewood
- Brian ChristineHomewood$215K
- Vincent BivinsHomewood$117K
- Rachel EngelbergHomewood$61K
- Rupa KitchensHomewood$14K
- Jared CoxHomewood$12K
- Brian WadeHomewood$9K
- Donald BraggHomewood$8K
- Tyler PostonHomewood$6K
- Leon HamrickHomewood$5K
- Thomas ChiBirmingham$463K
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.