William Paull
Dermatology · Columbus, GANPI 1407936735
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 130 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 18 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,440 and has fallen 95.9% since, to $100 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for dermatology clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $3,907.
Across 130 payments — averaging $22.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$569
- UCB, Inc.$310
- Bristol Myers Squibb$304
- Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$288
- Lilly USA, LLC$279
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$201
- plus $942 from 12 others
Across 171 payments — averaging $3036.54 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$292K
- Eli Lilly$97K
- Pfizer$58K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$30K
- Incyte Corporation$24K
- Dermira, Inc.$18K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,893100%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 18 | $569 |
| UCB, Inc. | 9 | $310 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 25 | $304 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $288 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $279 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $201 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $141 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $136 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $125 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $121 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $116 |
| Novartis | 13 | $114 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $100 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
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
$2,893 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 345 dermatology providers in Georgia.
Other dermatology in Columbus
- Firas HougeirDouglasville$3.1M
- David CohenMacon$2.9M
- Zakiya RiceAtlanta$1.1M
- Joseph PayneAtlanta$711K
- Jonathan WeissSnellville$692K
- Jamie WeismanAtlanta$620K
- Mack RachalAtlanta$260K
- Tiffany Clay-RamseyMarietta$207K
- Jessica MercerSnellville$183K
- Sumayah TaliaferroAtlanta$104K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.