Brent Earls, MD
Pain Medicine · Washington, DCNPI 1104280957
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.1%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 44.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $3,271 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $53 in 2025.
Across 119 payments — averaging $60.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Abbott$1K
- Nevro Corp.$702
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$448
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$363
- Boston Scientific$238
- plus $973 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$3,00042%
- Travel & lodging$4897%
- Food & beverage$3,67851%
- Education$350%
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(2 entities) | 8 | $3,197 |
| Abbott | 45 | $1,281 |
| Nevro Corp. | 12 | $702 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $448 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 5 | $363 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $238 |
| Curonix LLC | 6 | $201 |
| Bioness Inc | 1 | $171 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $161 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $99 |
| Merck | 2 | $53 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $45 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $36 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $27 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $27 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $12 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- SYNCHROMED$3,000
- Evoke SCS$448
- PROCLAIM$336
- mild Device Kit$282
- Stimrouter for pain$171
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$137
- Senza$130
- Omnia$112
How this compares
Too few pain medicine providers in District of Columbiato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lidocaine | 18 | $4,850 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 204 | $4,370 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 69 | $1,915 |
| Gabapentin | 121 | $1,753 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 107 | $1,747 |
| Pregabalin | 72 | $1,649 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 59 | $1,386 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 33 | $858 |
| Methadone Hcl | 72 | $652 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 58 | $541 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 13 | $321 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 54 | $260 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 21 | $240 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 18 | $215 |
| Methocarbamol | 13 | $178 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Washington
- Mehul DesaiWashington$339K
- Geet PaulWashington$18K
- Raissa Quezado da NobregaWashington$16K
- Sina Davari FaridWashington$9K
- Knell VillartaWashington$8K
- Michael Pitts-KieferWashington$6K
- May ChinWashington$2K
- James PendletonWashington$1K
- Julia FrankWashington$1K
- Navid RashidWashington$352
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.