Samuel Paris
Primary Care · Franklin, TNNPI 1245668102
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 103 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Corium, LLC at 31.0% of the total.
Across 103 payments — averaging $19.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Corium, LLC$609
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$352
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$210
- Tris Pharma Inc$163
- GSK$105
- Avion Pharmaceuticals$77
- plus $449 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,965100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Corium, LLC | 29 | $609 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 20 | $352 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 13 | $210 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 9 | $163 |
| GSK | 6 | $105 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $77 |
| Merck | 4 | $76 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $71 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 2 | $42 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 2 | $41 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$1,965 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 189 primary care providers in Tennessee.
Other primary care in Franklin
- Ashley HeinlyFranklin$3K
- Ellen EhlebenFranklin$1K
- Mary SullivanGermantown$115K
- Len GetzMemphis$25K
- Judith CaldwellNashville$18K
- Mara HutchingsNashville$14K
- Reena BhaktaMurfreesboro$12K
- Ryan HartmanNashville$11K
- Martha LemonsBrentwood$11K
- Abigail EubankHendersonville$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.