RxDoctor Payments Data

Timothy Hecker, MD

Neurology · Mobile, ALNPI 1770790628

Payments from drug & device makers

$23,617in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,436 payments — averaging $16.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$4K
  • Novartis$2K
  • Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$1K
  • SK Life Science, Inc.$1K
  • Biogen$1K
  • UCB, Inc.$1K
  • plus $13K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$660%
  • Food & beverage$23,508100%
  • Education$440%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)307$3,591
Novartis152$2,275
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc70$1,320
SK Life Science, Inc.52$1,288
Biogen90$1,154
UCB, Inc.58$1,080
Eisai Inc.58$1,049
AstraZeneca(2 entities)42$900
Lundbeck LLC53$881
Bristol Myers Squibb28$875
Amgen(2 entities)47$824
Sanofi35$755
EMD Serono, Inc.38$695
Pfizer42$655
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.33$609
Lilly USA, LLC24$374
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.16$342
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.19$317
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.26$298
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.17$298
Argenx US, Inc.9$267
MDD US Operations, LLC15$263
Grifols USA, LLC12$255
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.17$221
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.14$207
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc12$192
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc10$184
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.10$174
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)9$171
TG Therapeutics, Inc.9$165
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.6$145
Genentech USA, Inc.8$131
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$113
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8$108
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC7$103
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$102
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$94
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC7$81
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$78
Medtronic5$75
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.4$74
Boston Scientific4$70
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC5$70
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.3$65
Averitas Pharma Inc.4$63
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.3$53
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$47
Neurelis, Inc.2$46
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$38
Avion Pharmaceuticals2$35
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc2$33
Harmony Biosciences LLC2$33
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$33
Abbott2$32
Sandoz1$31
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.2$29
Life Molecular Imaging Ltd1$25
Octapharma USA, Inc.1$24
CSL Behring1$24
Silk Road Medical, Inc.1$18

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

$23,617 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 255 neurology providers in Alabama.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$187,248
Medicare patients
698
Services billed
1,547

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
GammaplexImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga 0-5026$740,347
SolirisEculizumab14$679,154
NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate72$341,792
OctagamImmun Globg(Igg)/Malt/Iga Ov5012$321,157
AubagioTeriflunomide13$119,065
Rebif RebidoseInterferon Beta-1a/Albumin11$112,990
CopaxoneGlatiramer Acetate11$107,446
UbrelvyUbrogepant59$79,710
QuliptaAtogepant59$70,362
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm82$60,251
Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe81$58,867
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate34$54,524
Glatiramer Acetate21$30,617
AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate13$30,610
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa376$20,924

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AstraZenecaSoliris$900$679,15414 claims
PfizerOctagam, Nurtec Odt$655$375,68146 claims
Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid$1,320$341,79272 claims
AbbVieUbrelvy, Qulipta$3,591$150,072118 claims
SanofiAubagio$755$119,06513 claims
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Copaxone$609$107,44611 claims
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Aptiom$207$30,61013 claims
UCB, Inc.Briviact, Neupro$1,080$30,60726 claims
Eisai Inc.Fycompa$1,049$14,24112 claims
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Horizant$108$8,57417 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.

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