Rachel Linnemann
Pediatrics · Atlanta, GANPI 1538396007
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $4,553 of the $4,607 with a category attached, or 98.8%. Vertex accounts for 99.3% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,270 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $24 in 2024. Among pediatrics clinicians in GA 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 6 payments — averaging $767.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$5K
- Zimmer Biomet$31
Across 42 payments — averaging $52,267 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.
- Vertex$2.2M
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,55399%
- Food & beverage$551%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 4 | $4,577 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $31 |
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.
- TRIKAFTA$1,853
How this compares
$4,607 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,111 pediatrics providers in Georgia.
Other pediatrics in Atlanta
- Amir AshrafiAtlanta$563K
- Satheesh ChonatAtlanta$147K
- Karen ZimowskiAtlanta$139K
- Iyabode Akinsanya-BeysolowAtlanta$103K
- Lauren MiddlebrooksAtlanta$71K
- Rebecca EmoryAtlanta$40K
- Mark GriffithsAtlanta$34K
- Kelly TickleAtlanta$29K
- Robert WiskindAtlanta$21K
- Mary BertossiAtlanta$20K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.