Robert Hunt
Rheumatology · Huntsville, ALNPI 1285652511
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 154 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,941 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $11 in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for rheumatology clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $8,965.
Across 154 payments — averaging $14.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$351
- Amgen$296
- Novartis$243
- Bristol Myers Squibb$201
- Genentech USA, Inc.$191
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$172
- plus $703 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,150100%
- Education$70%
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 | 22 | $351 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 23 | $296 |
| Novartis | 18 | $243 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 6 | $201 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 19 | $191 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 7 | $172 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $145 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 12 | $127 |
| UCB, Inc. | 12 | $122 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $84 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $76 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $47 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $18 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Otezla$125
How this compares
$2,157 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 90 rheumatology providers in Alabama.
Other rheumatology in Huntsville
- William ShergyHuntsville$115K
- Kun ChenHuntsville$22K
- Deepak SreeHuntsville$17K
- Ayesha JaleelHuntsville$14K
- Margaret MeehanHuntsville$13K
- Christie ThomasHuntsville$12K
- Roxanna SabghiHuntsville$11K
- Robert PhillipsHuntsville$7K
- Elijah MitchamHuntsville$5K
- Anthony TurkiewiczMountain Brk$2.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.