Bren Hines, PA
Physician Assistant · Louisville, KYNPI 1205303625
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.7%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 87.9% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,437 and has fallen 94.4% since, to $250 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in KY 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 73 payments — averaging $106.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$7K
- Edwards Lifesciences$452
- KCI USA, Inc.$201
- Icotec Medical Inc.$134
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$125
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$28
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,49519%
- Travel & lodging$2,32530%
- Food & beverage$3,92251%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 62 | $6,802 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $452 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 5 | $201 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
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
$7,742 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,448 physician assistant providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tizanidine Hcl | 77 | $611 |
| Meloxicam | 126 | $350 |
| Methylprednisolone | 35 | $200 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 15 | $61 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Louisville
- Melissa DavisLouisville$362K
- Kara MuddLouisville$98K
- Robert TatumLouisville$29K
- Grace IsaacsLouisville$28K
- Joshua CastlenLouisville$16K
- Erin WaggonerLouisville$14K
- Shelley SchulerLouisville$12K
- Jacquee McNearLouisville$10K
- Kylee DreisbachLouisville$9K
- Emily LutzLouisville$9K
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.