Benjamin Krepps, DO
Pain Medicine · Martinsburg, WVNPI 1972706448
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.4% of the total across 174 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 32 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,364 and has fallen 93.0% since, to $96 in 2025.
Across 174 payments — averaging $22.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$480
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$475
- Boston Scientific$441
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$391
- Medtronic$292
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$256
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,83198%
- Education$632%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 18 | $480 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 29 | $475 |
| Boston Scientific | 17 | $441 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 23 | $391 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $292 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $256 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $197 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 13 | $185 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 10 | $167 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 6 | $113 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $92 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $84 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 4 | $82 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Flowonix Medical Incorporated | 2 | $58 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 3 | $44 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $42 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $37 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Amgen | 2 | $27 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 3 | $25 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $20 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $19 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Prospera$256
- PROCLAIM$225
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$197
How this compares
$3,894 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 35 pain medicine providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RelistorMethylnaltrexone Bromide | 15 | $36,317 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 38 | $21,285 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 21 | $8,869 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 17 | $7,040 |
| Buprenorphine | 19 | $5,982 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 169 | $5,229 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 146 | $3,762 |
| Celecoxib | 107 | $2,230 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 105 | $1,897 |
| Fentanyl | 19 | $1,792 |
| Gabapentin | 113 | $1,415 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 45 | $965 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 71 | $825 |
| Methocarbamol | 83 | $713 |
| Baclofen | 18 | $572 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCRelistor | $475 | $36,31715 claims |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Belbuca, Xtampza Er | $391 | $28,32555 claims |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USABuprenorphine | $113 | $5,98219 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 60th percentile of 35 pain medicine providers in West Virginia.
Other pain medicine in Martinsburg
- Leslie FosterMartinsburg$2K
- Satish MenonMartinsburg$323
- Jack ShamblinMartinsburg$71
- Onyechi MegafuHuntington$37K
- David SaldivarMorgantown$28K
- Lucas BraceroCharleston$24K
- Muhammad MaazHuntington$19K
- Violet ShacklefordMorgantown$17K
- Richard VaglientiMorgantown$13K
- Gobind SinghBridgeport$8K
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.