Thomas Emig, MD
Neurology · Tuscaloosa, ALNPI 1750485249
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,383 payments — averaging $19.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$4K
- AbbVie$3K
- Biogen$2K
- Pfizer$1K
- CSL Behring$1K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$1K
- plus $15K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1501%
- Speaking & faculty fees$880%
- Food & beverage$23,54788%
- Education$3441%
- Gifts$2,73310%
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.
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.
- GILENYA$2,670
- PURIFIED CORTROPHIN GEL$205
- TYSABRI$150
- UPLIZNA$109
How this compares
$26,863 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 255 neurology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OctagamImmun Globg(Igg)/Malt/Iga Ov50 | 41 | $474,909 |
| PanzygaImmun Glob G(Igg)-Ifas/Glycine | 34 | $397,990 |
| Radicava OrsEdaravone | 12 | $170,484 |
| GammakedImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 12 | $147,913 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 14 | $146,731 |
| AubagioTeriflunomide | 11 | $102,803 |
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 16 | $80,007 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 46 | $71,155 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 53 | $67,064 |
| AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate | 38 | $64,026 |
| BriviactBrivaracetam | 39 | $52,205 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 45 | $47,711 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 54 | $44,229 |
| FycompaPerampanel | 35 | $44,217 |
| BotoxOnabotulinumtoxina | 31 | $36,862 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerOctagam, Panzyga, Nurtec Odt, Dilantin | $1,212 | $949,811151 claims |
| AbbVieUbrelvy, Qulipta, Botox | $3,175 | $151,638129 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo | $1,049 | $146,73114 claims |
| SanofiAubagio | $224 | $102,80311 claims |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid | $444 | $80,00716 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Briviact, Vimpat, Neupro | $1,023 | $75,95262 claims |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Aptiom | $346 | $64,02638 claims |
| Eisai Inc.Fycompa | $529 | $44,21735 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $382 | $15,21512 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix | $309 | $5,41912 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 70th percentile of 255 neurology providers in Alabama.
Other neurology in Tuscaloosa
- Timothy PrestleyTuscaloosa$256K
- Brian HoganTuscaloosa$123K
- Emily RiserBirmingham$7.1M
- Christopher LagankeCullman$5.9M
- Louis NaborsBirmingham$3.2M
- Belinda Savage-EdwardsHuntsville$2.8M
- Khurram BashirBirmingham$2.8M
- David GeldmacherBirmingham$2.6M
- Victor SungBirmingham$2M
- Mina LobbousBirmingham$1.8M
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.