RxDoctor Payments Data

Bo Wu, MD

Anesthesiology · Memphis, TNNPI 1922024280

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,676 of the $2,624 with a category attached, or 63.9%. Medtronic accounts for 70.8% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,737 and has fallen 80.2% since, to $343 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in TN 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.

$2,624in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 45 payments — averaging $58.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$2K
  • Merck$319
  • BD$202
  • Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$98
  • Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$70
  • Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$57
  • plus $20 from 1 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$94936%
  • Food & beverage$1,67664%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Medtronic(2 entities)20$1,857
Merck15$319
BD1$202
Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$98
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated3$70
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$57
Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.1$20

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

$2,624 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 772 anesthesiology providers in Tennessee.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$14,778
Medicare patients
83
Services billed
113

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.

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