Timothy Beukelman
Pediatric Rheumatology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1710900766
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $16,240 of the $22,457 with a category attached, or 72.3%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by UCB Biosciences Inc. at 32.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $8,865 and has fallen 87.5% since, to $1,110 in 2024.
Across 41 payments — averaging $547.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB Biosciences Inc.$7K
- Novartis$5K
- UCB SA$4K
- UCB GmbH$3K
- Novartis Pharma AG$2K
- UCB, Inc.$125
- plus $625 from 8 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $346,441 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.
- Pfizer$692K
- Novartis$573
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,24072%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,34224%
- Food & beverage$8754%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB Biosciences Inc. | 5 | $7,308 |
| Novartis | 5 | $5,467 |
| UCB SA | 3 | $3,885 |
| UCB GmbH | 2 | $2,775 |
| Novartis Pharma AG | 1 | $2,273 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $119 |
| GSK | 4 | $111 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $97 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $87 |
| Amgen | 4 | $76 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
| Silvergate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Cimzia$10,638
- ACZ885G_ILARIS_IMMUNOLOGY$2,273
How this compares
Too few pediatric rheumatology providers in Alabamato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric rheumatology in Birmingham
- Randall CronBirmingham$56K
- Matthew StollBirmingham$4K
- Eileen RifeBirmingham$3K
- John BridgesBirmingham$2K
- Melissa MannionBirmingham$2K
- Emily SmithermanBirmingham$2K
- Peter WeiserBirmingham$65
- Lauren DuensingMobile$55
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.