Shane Sheffield, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Cullman, ALNPI 1558476200
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.1% of the total across 80 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $355 and has fallen 89.2% since, to $38 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $1,456.
Across 80 payments — averaging $15.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$267
- AbbVie$251
- Amgen$87
- AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$63
- Aspira Women's Health Inc$54
- Duchesnay USA Incorporated$52
- plus $469 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,15793%
- Education$867%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 16 | $267 |
| AbbVie | 21 | $251 |
| Amgen | 7 | $87 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 1 | $54 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 4 | $52 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| BD | 2 | $31 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $30 |
| Merck | 2 | $24 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $19 |
| Bayer | 1 | $18 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Orexo US, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Lupin Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,243 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 537 obstetrics & gynecology 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.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Cullman
- Theodore TsaltasBirmingham$853K
- Richard BrownGulf Shores$429K
- Timothy HughesMobile$149K
- Allison CalhounMobile$132K
- Praful PatelDothan$65K
- Angela McCool-PearsonFairhope$57K
- Tomeka RobertsBirmingham$44K
- Percy HudsonBirmingham$29K
- Heidi StraughnBirmingham$29K
- Francois BlaudeauHomewood$25K
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.