FRANKLIN K BUFFORD
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Family Medicine AUBURN, AL NPI 1083706758
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General Payments — all program years on this page
$7,132.73
- Category: General Payments
- Program years: PY2018–2024
- Record count: 456
- As of (CMS publication): 2026-01-23
Latest program year (PY2024): $1,337.63 across 76 records · disputed records: 0
Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.
How this figure is calculated
- The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
- General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
- Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
- Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.
By nature of payment
Latest program year (PY2024) · sorted by reported total.
| Nature of payment | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $1,337.63 | 76 |
By paying entity
Latest program year (PY2024) · sorted by reported total.
| Paying entity | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| ABBVIE INC. | $411.63 | 26 |
| Corium, Inc. | $129.01 | 7 |
| GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. | $108.16 | 6 |
| Abbott Laboratories | $85.70 | 5 |
| PFIZER INC. | $82.09 | 4 |
| Acerta Pharma LLC | $79.30 | 4 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | $64.42 | 4 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | $62.31 | 3 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $49.53 | 3 |
| IRONSHORE PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | $48.54 | 2 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | $47.06 | 2 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $35.16 | 2 |
| Exact Sciences Corporation | $19.63 | 1 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | $18.24 | 1 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC | $18.02 | 1 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | $16.73 | 1 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | $15.99 | 1 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | $15.89 | 1 |
| HEARTFLOW, INC. | $15.35 | 1 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $14.87 | 1 |
By program year
Records — PY2024 (76)
Provenance & corrections
- Dataset: CMS Open Payments — General Payments
- Source: CMS Open Payments dataset (bulk file)
- Publisher of source data: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Generated from: OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv
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