Russell Minor, MD
Internal Medicine · Dalton, GANPI 1033162110
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 166 payments — averaging $16.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$467
- GSK$274
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$217
- Novo Nordisk$211
- Amgen$185
- Bayer$177
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,64299%
- Education$231%
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(2 entities) | 31 | $467 |
| GSK | 18 | $274 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 13 | $217 |
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $211 |
| Amgen | 11 | $185 |
| Bayer | 9 | $177 |
| Merck | 9 | $166 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $134 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $128 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $117 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $88 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $82 |
| Novartis | 4 | $73 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $68 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $29 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $21 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $19 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$2,665 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 3,311 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 161 | $157,886 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 125 | $121,306 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 35 | $62,541 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 53 | $57,926 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 25 | $55,511 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 33 | $54,627 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 49 | $52,947 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 40 | $42,577 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 52 | $37,942 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 38 | $31,161 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 20 | $29,311 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 24 | $26,135 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 33 | $23,904 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 19 | $22,410 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 21 | $21,402 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Spiriva Respimat, Combivent Respimat, Stiolto Respimat | $68 | $166,772187 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $117 | $157,886161 claims |
| Novo NordiskRybelsus, Ozempic | $211 | $107,57482 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $28 | $100,50393 claims |
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess | $467 | $79,41658 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $134 | $60,69095 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $274 | $56,40688 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $29 | $29,31120 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $73 | $26,13524 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $177 | $22,41019 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $82 | $19,46523 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $166 | $15,05811 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 80th percentile of 3,311 internal medicine providers in Georgia.
Other internal medicine in Dalton
- Brian PearlmanDalton$338K
- Pablo PerezDalton$236K
- Paul BradleySavannah$76.4M
- Kimball JohnsonAtlanta$51.1M
- Bram WieskopfWoodstock$21.9M
- Dwight BlakeUnion City$13.3M
- Charlotte Grayson-MathisFayetteville$9.6M
- Christopher RecknorGainesville$9.2M
- James HarperJohns Creek$9.2M
- Robert Springer IiiAtlanta$5.3M
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.