William Taunton
Family Medicine · Forsyth, GANPI 1255308557
Payments from drug & device makers
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 80th percentile of 3,111 family medicine providers in Georgia.
Other family medicine in Forsyth
- Joseph SurberColumbus$16.6M
- Angela RitterGainesville$15.8M
- Jeffrey KingsleyColumbus$8.1M
- Christopher OldfieldSavannah$6.4M
- Darrell MurrayAtlanta$3.9M
- Ben ThomasAtlanta$3.2M
- Debbie HaginsSavannah$2.1M
- Aziz PiraniLilburn$2.1M
- Nadia CameronAtlanta$2.1M
- John LentzSnellville$1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.