Sonya Flanagan
Gerontology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1083284343
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 29 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 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $603, 2.1 times the $287 reported in 2021.
Across 29 payments — averaging $73.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$370
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$247
- AstraZeneca$166
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$143
- Lilly USA, LLC$135
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$129
- plus $943 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,133100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $370 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $247 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 3 | $166 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $143 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $135 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Merck | 1 | $114 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $96 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $94 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $89 |
| Vertex | 1 | $86 |
| Amgen | 1 | $66 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $28 |
| GSK | 1 | $19 |
| Emmaus Medical, Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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.
- Austedo XR$240
- Auvelity$230
- VERQUVO$228
- UZEDY$130
- INGREZZA$129
- NEXLIZET$125
- NEXLETOL$125
- NUZYRA$125
- ZEPBOUND$120
- NURTEC ODT$120
How this compares
$2,133 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 143 gerontology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 17 | $16,591 |
| Mirtazapine | 29 | $1,240 |
| Hydroxyurea | 34 | $697 |
| Losartan Potassium | 18 | $368 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 18 | $352 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 17 | $268 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 20 | $265 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 20 | $254 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 25 | $247 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 16 | $238 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 28 | $151 |
| Cefdinir | 12 | $145 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $138 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 14 | $128 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 16 | $94 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gerontology in Birmingham
- Esther LangeBirmingham$10K
- Melissa HornBirmingham$7K
- Rachel HawesBirmingham$7K
- Whitney GrayBirmingham$6K
- Morgan BurkeBirmingham$5K
- Robin AbelBirmingham$3K
- Anna EvattBirmingham$2K
- Hua LinBirmingham$2K
- Teresa CooperBirmingham$1K
- Ryan ShannonMontgomery$66K
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.