Robin Brown
Gerontology · Atlanta, GANPI 1801445903
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,748 of the $4,631 with a category attached, or 80.9%. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cvrx, Inc. at 30.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,837, more than ten times the $63 reported in 2021. Among gerontology clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 170 payments — averaging $27.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cvrx, Inc.$1K
- Merck$522
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$436
- Boston Scientific$411
- Novartis$277
- Pfizer$233
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$82618%
- Food & beverage$3,74881%
- Education$581%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cvrx, Inc. | 12 | $1,403 |
| Merck | 25 | $522 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 17 | $436 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $411 |
| Novartis | 15 | $277 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $233 |
| Amgen | 8 | $139 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 5 | $137 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $131 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 6 | $127 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $119 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $119 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $103 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $64 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $59 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $54 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $52 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 2 | $52 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $15 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $15 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, 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.
- Barostim Neo System$1,130
How this compares
$4,631 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 197 gerontology providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 475 | $408,194 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 186 | $173,344 |
| EliquisApixaban | 174 | $142,923 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 150 | $141,268 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 35 | $36,962 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 28 | $30,681 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 12 | $14,015 |
| VerquvoVericiguat | 11 | $13,223 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 18 | $7,919 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 394 | $5,366 |
| Spironolactone | 502 | $2,897 |
| Torsemide | 168 | $2,247 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 99 | $1,630 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 162 | $1,509 |
| Eplerenone | 35 | $1,505 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $277 | $408,194475 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $119 | $181,263204 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $233 | $142,923174 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $54 | $141,268150 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $103 | $36,96235 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $131 | $30,68128 claims |
| MerckVerquvo | $522 | $13,22311 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 90th percentile of 197 gerontology providers in Georgia.
Other gerontology in Atlanta
- Carolyn ClevengerAtlanta$65K
- Mitzi LewisAtlanta$37K
- Constance MeinkenAtlanta$36K
- Kathleen BradfordAtlanta$8K
- Virginia KeatingAtlanta$5K
- Julia VargheseAtlanta$4K
- Mirali PatelAtlanta$4K
- Radha SamtaniAtlanta$4K
- Brittany HaynesAtlanta$3K
- Victoria HutsonAtlanta$2K
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.