Thomas Scott
Allergy & Immunology · Bessemer, ALNPI 1043247430
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $53,199 of the $61,245 with a category attached, or 86.9%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 52.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $31,875 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $160 in 2025.
Across 247 payments — averaging $247.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$32K
- GSK$24K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Pfizer$371
- Bristol Myers Squibb$273
- Optinose US, Inc.$254
- plus $2K from 20 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $4000.00 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.
- Gilead$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,1632%
- Speaking & faculty fees$53,19987%
- Travel & lodging$6941%
- Food & beverage$6,17810%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 39 | $32,315 |
| GSK | 63 | $23,933 |
| AstraZeneca | 36 | $2,295 |
| Pfizer | 16 | $371 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $273 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 21 | $254 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 4 | $253 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $187 |
| CSL Behring | 4 | $186 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 12 | $158 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $150 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 9 | $135 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $128 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| Novartis | 3 | $60 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 1 | $43 |
| Merck | 2 | $34 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $23 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $14 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$61,245 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 30 allergy & immunology providers in Alabama.
Other allergy & immunology in Bessemer
- John AndersonHomewood$789K
- Joseph ForesterCullman$719K
- William DavidsonDaphne$98K
- Thomas AtkinsonBirmingham$53K
- Njeri MainaBirmingham$44K
- Michael PolcariBirmingham$39K
- Karen BarkerDaphne$19K
- Lawrence SindelMobile$12K
- Robert GreerMobile$11K
- Carol SmithBirmingham$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.