RxDoctor Payments Data

Todd Sheils, MD

Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Opelika, ALNPI 1174575070

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 9 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 77.4% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $235 and has fallen 78.0% since, to $52 in 2025.

$628in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 9 payments — averaging $69.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$486
  • Sanara Medtech Inc.$90
  • Amgen$52

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$628100%

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
Johnson & Johnson5$486
Sanara Medtech Inc.1$90
Amgen3$52

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

Too few adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Alabamato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.

Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$350,544
Medicare patients
643
Services billed
48,774

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
Celecoxib264$13,519
Meloxicam1,167$6,072
Diclofenac Sodium212$5,897
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen507$4,281
Gabapentin567$3,295
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen190$1,598
Methylprednisolone182$1,281
Tramadol Hcl405$1,234
Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim45$441
Ibuprofen17$354
Clindamycin Hcl27$321
Amoxicillin97$291
Doxycycline Hyclate13$286
Trazodone Hcl33$124
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl30$109

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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