Alan Poulter, MD
Anesthesiology · Idaho Falls, IDNPI 1912046913
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,155 of the $6,475 with a category attached, or 79.6%. It is spread thinly across 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,363 and has fallen 81.0% since, to $449 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in ID with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 382 payments — averaging $16.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$977
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$800
- AbbVie$190
- plus $449 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,32120%
- Food & beverage$5,15580%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 7 | $1,471 |
| Boston Scientific | 79 | $1,332 |
| Abbott | 124 | $1,256 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 74 | $977 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 65 | $800 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $190 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $119 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $72 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Vertex | 1 | $53 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 4 | $35 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $24 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Novartis | 1 | $17 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $11 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Intracept$2,642
How this compares
$6,475 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 90 anesthesiology providers in Idaho.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Fentanyl | 47 | $13,149 |
| SuboxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 14 | $10,512 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 33 | $10,119 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 211 | $6,415 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 229 | $4,324 |
| Pregabalin | 87 | $4,283 |
| Celecoxib | 31 | $2,141 |
| Gabapentin | 141 | $1,942 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 99 | $1,792 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 18 | $1,505 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 13 | $1,367 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 14 | $1,013 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 67 | $750 |
| Cefadroxil | 52 | $629 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 54 | $609 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Idaho Falls
- Robert HarrisIdaho Falls$326
- David MurrayIdaho Falls$184
- Rhett NanceIdaho Falls$170
- Jay TingeyIdaho Falls$131
- Mark PetersenIdaho Falls$91
- Marc MurphyIdaho Falls$80
- Charles GravesHayden Lake$72K
- Erik PayneCoeur D Alene$42K
- Sai AllaPost Falls$10K
- Elaine KeyBoise$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.