Bing Behrens, MD
Neurology · Jonesboro, ARNPI 1841256609
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,194 of the $5,302 with a category attached, or 79.1%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. at 27.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,032 and has fallen 58.3% since, to $848 in 2025.
Across 189 payments — averaging $28.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Harmony Biosciences LLC$533
- Novartis$451
- Amgen$403
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$371
- plus $956 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$85316%
- Food & beverage$4,19479%
- Education$2555%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 16 | $1,457 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 66 | $1,132 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 15 | $533 |
| Novartis | 29 | $451 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 18 | $403 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $371 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 10 | $178 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $169 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $91 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $82 |
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 3 | $60 |
| Resmed Corp | 2 | $59 |
| Biogen | 1 | $52 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $22 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 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.
How this compares
$5,302 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 93 neurology providers in Arkansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 28 | $157,591 |
| Modafinil | 18 | $503 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 112 | $496 |
| Gabapentin | 26 | $466 |
| Eszopiclone | 27 | $462 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 23 | $292 |
| Ropinirole Hcl | 15 | $279 |
| Butalbital-Acetaminophen-CaffeButalb/Acetaminophen/Caffeine | 11 | $63 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 12 | $35 |
| Clonazepam | 23 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Jonesboro
- Ronald SouthJonesboro$59K
- Mario CauliJonesboro$27K
- Kenneth ChanJonesboro$10K
- Yuanyuan LongJonesboro$6K
- Kathryn ChenaultSherwood$532K
- Steve-Felix BelingaFort Smith$183K
- Michael MorseFayetteville$149K
- Mark PippengerNorth Little Rock$109K
- Kara WayHot Springs$72K
- Keith SchlutermanConway$67K
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.