Randall Cron
Pediatric Rheumatology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1053331561
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $39,332 of the $55,607 with a category attached, or 70.7%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sobi, Inc at 37.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $24,422 and has fallen 71.6% since, to $6,938 in 2025.
Across 96 payments — averaging $579.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sobi, Inc$21K
- Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB$13K
- Novartis$8K
- Pfizer$7K
- AbbVie$5K
- Amgen$542
- plus $2K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$39,33271%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,1004%
- Travel & lodging$9,97918%
- Food & beverage$4,1978%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sobi, Inc | 16 | $20,955 |
| Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB | 2 | $12,585 |
| Novartis | 11 | $8,054 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $7,008 |
| AbbVie | 12 | $4,515 |
| Amgen | 13 | $542 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 3 | $379 |
| GSK | 5 | $365 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 12 | $314 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 2 | $259 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $250 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $116 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $112 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Silvergate 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.
How this compares
Too few pediatric rheumatology providers in Alabamato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric rheumatology in Birmingham
- Timothy BeukelmanBirmingham$22K
- Matthew StollBirmingham$4K
- Eileen RifeBirmingham$3K
- John BridgesBirmingham$2K
- Melissa MannionBirmingham$2K
- Emily SmithermanBirmingham$2K
- Peter WeiserBirmingham$65
- Lauren DuensingMobile$55
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.