Ruth Yates, MD
Dermatology · Huntsville, ALNPI 1063470250
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 463 payments — averaging $251.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$61K
- AbbVie$45K
- Novartis$3K
- Amgen$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$938
- Sanofi$686
- plus $4K from 28 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $1976.66 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$11K
- AbbVie$500
- LEO Pharma AS$200
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$961%
- Food & beverage$12,23299%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 21 | $61,022 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 83 | $45,257 |
| Novartis | 91 | $2,601 |
| Amgen | 46 | $1,351 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 27 | $938 |
| Sanofi | 22 | $686 |
| Pfizer | 24 | $538 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 38 | $486 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 15 | $432 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 19 | $415 |
| UCB, Inc. | 7 | $284 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 16 | $249 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 12 | $230 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $214 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $166 |
| Incyte Corporation | 4 | $162 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $152 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 3 | $135 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $128 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $125 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $84 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $62 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $26 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $18 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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
$116,300 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 168 dermatology providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 28 | $272,202 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 25 | $170,094 |
| ErivedgeVismodegib | 11 | $144,883 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 33 | $122,713 |
| Tretinoin | 99 | $10,219 |
| Metronidazole | 113 | $8,611 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 352 | $5,662 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 32 | $5,408 |
| Fluocinonide | 86 | $4,336 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 197 | $4,162 |
| Imiquimod | 88 | $3,807 |
| Ketoconazole | 154 | $2,951 |
| Betamethasone Diprop AugmentedBetamethasone/Propylene Glyc | 59 | $2,810 |
| Fluorouracil | 41 | $2,302 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 88 | $2,231 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AmgenOtezla | $1,351 | $170,09425 claims |
| Genentech USA, Inc.Erivedge | $67 | $144,88311 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 85th percentile of 168 dermatology providers in Alabama.
Other dermatology in Huntsville
- Melinda MusickHuntsville$24K
- John EvansHuntsville$10K
- Vlada GroysmanHoover$7.2M
- Boni ElewskiBirmingham$5.5M
- James KrellBirmingham$4M
- John VanloockMobile$1.4M
- Tiffany MayoBirmingham$1.4M
- Melanie AppellBirmingham$983K
- Julie HarperBirmingham$920K
- Eric BaumGadsden$896K
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.