Thomas Blessey, MD
Internal Medicine · Mobile, ALNPI 1326195694
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 653 payments — averaging $13.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$2K
- AbbVie$1K
- AstraZeneca$820
- Abbott$542
- Johnson & Johnson$539
- Lilly USA, LLC$491
- plus $3K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,809100%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 169 | $1,916 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 57 | $1,022 |
| AstraZeneca | 41 | $820 |
| Abbott | 28 | $542 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 44 | $539 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 40 | $491 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 56 | $334 |
| Pfizer | 20 | $309 |
| Amgen | 40 | $286 |
| Merck | 20 | $267 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $264 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 9 | $179 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $174 |
| Novartis | 12 | $166 |
| Bayer | 11 | $140 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $134 |
| GSK | 8 | $134 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $125 |
| Exact Sciences | 8 | $124 |
| Eisai Inc. | 7 | $100 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| Galt Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $82 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $77 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $70 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Insulet Corporation | 3 | $52 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $40 |
| Vivus LLC | 3 | $30 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 2 | $29 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $24 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $17 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$8,823 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,533 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 178 | $281,555 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 154 | $169,016 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 77 | $89,266 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 50 | $88,373 |
| EliquisApixaban | 81 | $84,106 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 119 | $64,045 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 27 | $58,264 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 49 | $55,170 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 27 | $33,722 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 32 | $32,969 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 26 | $27,563 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 19 | $22,909 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 30 | $19,511 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 22 | $15,671 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 665 | $10,418 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $1,916 | $339,819205 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $174 | $169,016154 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $491 | $143,54399 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $820 | $93,98389 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $309 | $84,10681 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $267 | $33,72227 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $1,022 | $32,96932 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $539 | $27,56326 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $134 | $19,51130 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 1,533 internal medicine providers in Alabama.
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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.