William Taunton
Family Medicine · Forsyth, GANPI 1255308557
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 293 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 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,583 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $16 in 2024.
Across 293 payments — averaging $15.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$849
- Novo Nordisk$403
- Pfizer$320
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$283
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$263
- AbbVie$244
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,508100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 58 | $849 |
| Novo Nordisk | 25 | $403 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $320 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 15 | $283 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 17 | $263 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 17 | $244 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 18 | $238 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $234 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 13 | $197 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $193 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 10 | $165 |
| Novartis | 8 | $137 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $121 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 6 | $116 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $113 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $109 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $96 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| Merck | 5 | $64 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $39 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 1 | $22 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$4,508 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,111 family medicine providers in Georgia.
Other family medicine in Forsyth
- Jeffrey KingsleyColumbus$404K
- Debbie HaginsSavannah$279K
- Yolanda WadeTyrone$233K
- Julian HutchinsWarrenton$222K
- Nadine Halliburton-FosterCumming$219K
- Contessa MetcalfeAtlanta$157K
- Elmore AlexanderStone Mountain$155K
- Bantwal BaligaColumbus$115K
- Avril CampbellFort Benning$108K
- Mitzi RubinMarietta$103K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.