Susan Brickle
Family Medicine · Blackshear, GANPI 1407876188
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.7% of the total across 107 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 47.6% of the total.
Across 107 payments — averaging $11.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$562
- AbbVie$116
- Amgen$82
- Novo Nordisk$72
- Pfizer$60
- AstraZeneca$44
- plus $247 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,16799%
- Education$151%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 66 | $562 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $116 |
| Amgen | 6 | $82 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $72 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $60 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $44 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $33 |
| GSK | 1 | $23 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $23 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
| Novartis | 1 | $12 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,182 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 3,111 family medicine providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ezetimibe | 12 | $1,049 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 12 | $379 |
| Baclofen | 11 | $300 |
| Pioglitazone Hcl | 12 | $299 |
| Furosemide | 15 | $90 |
| Simvastatin | 12 | $61 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Blackshear
- Jeffrey KingsleyColumbus$404K
- Debbie HaginsSavannah$279K
- Yolanda WadeTyrone$233K
- Julian HutchinsWarrenton$222K
- Nadine Halliburton-FosterCumming$219K
- Contessa MetcalfeAtlanta$157K
- Elmore AlexanderStone Mountain$155K
- Bantwal BaligaColumbus$115K
- Avril CampbellFort Benning$108K
- Mitzi RubinMarietta$103K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.