Total Payments
$1,703
2022 Payments
$101.80
Companies
11
Transactions
26

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$1,475 (86.6%)
Other$125.00 (7.3%)
Education$103.34 (6.1%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $1,475 22 86.6%
Honoraria $125.00 1 7.3%
Education $103.34 3 6.1%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
LivaNova USA, Inc. $437.64 4 $0 (2019)
Retrophin, Inc. $249.98 2 $0 (2019)
Eisai Inc. $246.65 2 $0 (2018)
Biogen, Inc. $226.79 4 $0 (2022)
Cyberonics, Inc. $141.67 1 $0 (2017)
Lundbeck LLC $127.93 2 $0 (2017)
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc. $125.00 1 $0 (2019)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $56.75 2 $0 (2020)
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $54.07 6 $0 (2019)
Medtronic, Inc. $23.94 1 $0 (2021)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2022 $101.80 3 Biogen, Inc. ($101.80)
2021 $36.54 2 Medtronic, Inc. ($23.94)
2020 $20.24 1 Medtronic USA, Inc. ($20.24)
2019 $868.25 13 LivaNova USA, Inc. ($314.21)
2018 $121.65 1 Eisai Inc. ($121.65)
2017 $554.54 6 Cyberonics, Inc. ($141.67)

All Payment Transactions

26 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 2

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
04/22/2022 Biogen, Inc. SPINRAZA (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.55 General
Category: Neurology
04/22/2022 Biogen, Inc. SPINRAZA (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.75 General
Category: Neurology
02/17/2022 Biogen, Inc. SPINRAZA (Biological) Education In-kind items and services $70.50 General
Category: Neurology
11/04/2021 Medtronic, Inc. SYNCHROMED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.94 General
Category: Drug Infusion Systems
10/29/2021 Zogenix Inc. Fintepla (Drug) Education Cash or cash equivalent $12.60 General
Category: Treatment of seizures
01/14/2020 Medtronic USA, Inc. SYNCHROMED (Device) Education In-kind items and services $20.24 General
Category: Drug Infusion Systems
12/19/2019 Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. APTIOM (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.37 General
Category: CNS
10/17/2019 Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. APTIOM (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.73 General
Category: CNS
10/03/2019 Biogen, Inc. SPINRAZA (Biological) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $124.99 General
Category: NEUROLOGY
09/25/2019 Retrophin, Inc. (815) Thiola (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $124.99 General
Category: Kidney Stones
09/25/2019 Retrophin, Inc. (815) Thiola (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $124.99 General
Category: Kidney Stones
09/12/2019 Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. APTIOM (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.59 General
Category: CNS
09/11/2019 LivaNova USA, Inc. VNS Therapy (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $145.82 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
08/15/2019 Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. APTIOM (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.73 General
Category: CNS
05/31/2019 LivaNova USA, Inc. VNS Therapy (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $142.85 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
05/09/2019 Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. APTIOM (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $6.48 General
Category: CNS
05/09/2019 Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. APTIOM (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.17 General
Category: CNS
02/26/2019 LivaNova USA, Inc. VNS Therapy (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.54 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
02/07/2019 Greenwich Biosciences, Inc. Epidiolex (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $125.00 General
Category: Neurology
05/17/2018 Eisai Inc. Fycompa (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $121.65 General
Category: Neurology
11/08/2017 Medtronic USA, Inc. LIORESAL (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $36.51 General
Category: Drug Infusion Systems
10/12/2017 Lundbeck LLC SABRIL (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $2.93 General
Category: NEUROLOGY
09/27/2017 LivaNova USA, Inc. VNS Therapy (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $123.43 General
Category: VNS Therapy (Product Class)
05/25/2017 Eisai Inc. Fycompa (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $125.00 General
Category: Neurology
05/12/2017 Lundbeck LLC SABRIL (Drug) Honoraria Cash or cash equivalent $125.00 General
Category: NEUROLOGY

About Dr. Sidney Atkinson, MD

Dr. Sidney Atkinson, MD is a Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology healthcare provider based in San Antonio, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 01/31/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1508837063.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Sidney Atkinson, MD has received a total of $1,703 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $101.80 received in 2022. These payments were reported across 26 transactions from 11 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($1,475).

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • VNS Therapy (Device) $579.31
  • (815) Thiola (Drug) $249.98
  • Fycompa (Drug) $246.65
  • SPINRAZA (Biological) $226.79
  • SABRIL (Drug) $127.93
  • Epidiolex (Drug) $125.00
  • APTIOM (Drug) $54.07
  • SYNCHROMED (Device) $44.18
  • LIORESAL (Device) $36.51
  • Fintepla (Drug) $12.60

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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