Ramana Puppala
Gynecology · Greenville, ALNPI 1669409629
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 2 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. MDD US Operations, LLC accounts for 79.3% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for gynecology clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $276.
Across 2 payments — averaging $51.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- MDD US Operations, LLC$81
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$21
Across 140 payments — averaging $27,654 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.
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$2M
- AstraZeneca$957K
- Eli Lilly$396K
- Amgen$180K
- Modernatx, Inc.$131K
- Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC$88K
- plus $91K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$102100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $81 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
How this compares
$102 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 51 gynecology providers in Alabama.
Other gynecology in Greenville
- Holly RichterBirmingham$22K
- Alex ChildsBirmingham$9K
- Gena DunivanBirmingham$7K
- James DockeryMontgomery$6K
- John PorterMontgomery$5K
- Judi JehleMontgomery$5K
- Glenn GallaspyMobile$4K
- William SummersBirmingham$3K
- William MooreAlexander City$2K
- Robert SmithAuburn$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.