Top Internal Medicine in Georgia by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top internal medicine practitioners in Georgia by total payments received from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, based on CMS Open Payments data. The 20 providers listed here collectively received $10,021,652 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2018–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: Georgia
$10,021,652
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$335,246
Median Total Payments
Half of providers received more, half received less
Context: Industry payments to physicians are legally required to be disclosed under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. Payments may reflect consulting expertise, research participation, or speaking engagements. This data is provided to support transparency, not to render clinical judgments.

Top Internal Medicine by Total Industry Payments — Georgia

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Michael Gibson
Smyrna, GA
$2,026,687
4 2018–2024
2
Atlanta, GA
$961,786
38 2018–2024
3
Eatonton, GA
$894,478
31 2018–2024
4
Lagrange, GA
$771,726
36 2018–2024
5
Atlanta, GA
$643,856
26 2018–2024
6
Macon, GA
$633,545
47 2018–2024
7
Jasper, GA
$510,830
58 2018–2024
8
Atlanta, GA
$368,848
24 2018–2024
9
Douglasville, GA
$353,144
50 2018–2024
10
Augusta, GA
$335,246
22 2018–2024
11
Alpharetta, GA
$325,141
30 2018–2024
12
Marietta, GA
$324,427
55 2018–2024
13
Tracey Henry
Atlanta, GA
$304,663
3 2019–2024
14
Catherine Marti
Athens, GA
$293,508
31 2018–2024
15
Satish Rao
Augusta, GA
$244,751
18 2018–2024
16
Atlanta, GA
$226,751
11 2018–2024
17
Gainesville, GA
$216,956
12 2019–2024
18
Greensboro, GA
$198,182
11 2018–2024
19
Atlanta, GA
$194,354
60 2018–2024
20
Thomasville, GA
$192,773
35 2018–2024

State payment context — Internal Medicine in Georgia

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 3,438 internal medicine providers in Georgia have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $22,024,426 (2018–2024).

The median internal medicine provider in Georgia received $581 in total payments, versus a national median of $406 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in Georgia peaked in 2024, when $5,052,454 changed hands across 54,744 transactions. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP has been the largest single payer over the period, and Atlanta leads all Georgia cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Internal Medicine providers in Georgia

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $1,611,040 1,604 24,717
CSL Behring $1,218,007 75 1,183
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $1,051,179 189 840
Novo Nordisk Inc $871,166 1,333 34,171
CSL Plasma Inc. $813,038 1 553
Lilly USA, LLC $799,699 1,201 17,054
ViiV Healthcare Company $768,590 103 1,956
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $677,897 1,491 13,646

Industry payments to Internal Medicine providers in Georgia by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $2,752,884 2,101 56,645
2019 $2,879,607 2,031 52,162
2020 $1,872,844 1,744 34,995
2021 $2,442,838 1,990 47,433
2022 $3,212,599 2,152 48,585
2023 $3,811,199 2,247 52,354
2024 $5,052,454 2,320 54,744

Top Georgia cities for Internal Medicine industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Atlanta $5,782,228 713 44,783
Smyrna $2,051,983 20 2,942
Augusta $1,229,945 275 16,650
Macon $955,748 120 13,259
Eatonton $895,694 3 258
Lagrange $819,541 24 2,292
Marietta $802,914 149 17,478
Athens $740,789 136 9,790
Methodology Providers filtered to Georgia-licensed internal medicine practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 207R00000X) with at least one Open Payments record. Payments aggregated across all years and all payment types. Rankings reflect cumulative totals, not annualized figures. Data source: CMS Open Payments, accessed via doctransparency.com database.
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