Thomas Howard
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1336252436
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $479 of the $767 with a category attached, or 62.5%. Novartis accounts for 96.4% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest.
Across 6 payments — averaging $127.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$739
- Exelixis Inc.$27
Across 12 payments — averaging $49,326 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Novartis$551K
- Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.$40K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$47963%
- Food & beverage$28737%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 5 | $739 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 1 | $27 |
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.
- ADAKVEO$689
How this compares
$767 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 38 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Alabama.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Birmingham
- Julie Kanter WashkoBirmingham$273K
- Aman WadhwaBirmingham$100K
- Frederick GoldmanBirmingham$76K
- Jeffrey LebensburgerBirmingham$57K
- Joseph ChewningBirmingham$5K
- Laura MetrockBirmingham$3K
- Todd CooperBirmingham$2K
- Chibuzo IlonzeBirmingham$2K
- Loretta ParkerBirmingham$1K
- Ana XavierBirmingham$514
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.