RxDoctor Payments Data

Scott Koplon

General Practice · Leeds, ALNPI 1730271743

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.7%), gifts and entertainment — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Straumann USA LLC accounts for 69.6% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,946 and has fallen 57.7% since, to $823 in 2025. Among general practice clinicians in AL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$9,253in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 166 payments — averaging $55.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Straumann USA LLC$6K
  • Ultradent Products Inc$1K
  • Patterson Companies, Inc.$398
  • Align Technology, Inc.$312
  • Dentsply Sirona Inc$226
  • Nobel Biocare USA$173
  • plus $339 from 9 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$2633%
  • Food & beverage$4,69451%
  • Education$250%
  • Gifts$2,92532%
  • Entertainment$1,34615%

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

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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.

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

$9,253 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,114 general practice providers in Alabama.

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Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Etodolac160$1,219
Amoxicillin297$1,109
Methylprednisolone111$1,075
Clindamycin Hcl47$543
Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine155$344
Cephalexin32$217
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav12$202
Chlorhexidine Gluconate27$100
Naproxen46$81
Tramadol Hcl32$38
Diazepam56$32

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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