Tara Fales
Pediatrics · Cullman, ALNPI 1427314210
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 280 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 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among pediatrics 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.
Across 280 payments — averaging $17.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Corium, LLC$1K
- Merck$703
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$556
- Sobi, Inc$392
- GSK$348
- Tris Pharma Inc$325
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,950100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Corium, LLC | 46 | $1,046 |
| Merck | 45 | $703 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 34 | $556 |
| Sobi, Inc | 19 | $392 |
| GSK | 21 | $348 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 18 | $325 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 13 | $256 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $251 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $176 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 10 | $169 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $98 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $77 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $70 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 4 | $68 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $60 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $54 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 3 | $40 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $30 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 2 | $26 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $17 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Azstarys$106
How this compares
$4,950 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 908 pediatrics providers in Alabama.
Other pediatrics in Cullman
- Ashley KetchumCullman$3K
- Tamera Coyne-BeasleyBirmingham$154K
- Linda HammettBirmingham$123K
- Darby McElderryBirmingham$111K
- James WileyMobile$44K
- Audrey LloydBirmingham$40K
- Suresh BoppanaBirmingham$31K
- Sula GillespieBirmingham$19K
- Brian StansellBirmingham$19K
- Leslie PittsBirmingham$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.