Sara Wood
Family · Athens, ALNPI 1114298973
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 59.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,095, 8.1 times the $505 reported in 2021. Among family clinicians in AL 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 66 payments — averaging $80.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Solventum Corporation$664
- Boston Scientific$234
- Convatec Inc.$208
- Boehringer Ingelheim$191
- Abbott$172
- plus $712 from 14 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $6487.50 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.
- Teleflex LLC$13K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,12558%
- Travel & lodging$2735%
- Food & beverage$1,94536%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 4 | $3,162 |
| Solventum Corporation | 7 | $664 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $234 |
| Convatec Inc. | 5 | $208 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $191 |
| Abbott | 4 | $172 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $167 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $125 |
| Novartis | 4 | $85 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $81 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 3 | $51 |
| Coloplast | 2 | $45 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $33 |
| Bayer | 1 | $23 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $13 |
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.
- PREVALON$3,125
- Curos$406
- INTEGRA$374
- InnovaMatrix AC$140
- CardioMEMS HF System$125
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$125
- PRIMATRIX$125
- JARDIANCE$121
How this compares
$5,343 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,415 family providers in Alabama.
Other family in Athens
- Mona OliveAthens$20K
- Leigh Ann ChildressHuntsville$240K
- Molly ReevesAuburn$158K
- Christina CanteyHuntsville$118K
- Leigh LunaMontgomery$69K
- Christopher LovellMobile$64K
- Justin SimpsonTuscaloosa$43K
- Kellyn McMahonBirmingham$39K
- Ashley StinesTuscaloosa$29K
- Brandy YoungMontgomery$27K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.