Brett Smith
Rheumatology · Knoxville, TNNPI 1316265887
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,193 payments — averaging $492.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$505K
- Johnson & Johnson$29K
- UCB, Inc.$13K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$12K
- Novartis$8K
- Sanofi$6K
- plus $15K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$63,89611%
- Speaking & faculty fees$443,65476%
- Travel & lodging$61,46210%
- Food & beverage$17,4583%
- Education$5980%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 786 | $504,765 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 37 | $28,598 |
| UCB, Inc. | 37 | $13,158 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 16 | $11,968 |
| Novartis | 58 | $8,176 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $5,711 |
| Regeneron | 15 | $5,621 |
| Pfizer | 39 | $4,061 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 136 | $2,300 |
| Janssen Global Services, LLC | 1 | $1,400 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 18 | $304 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $180 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 8 | $123 |
| ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| GSK | 5 | $84 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $44 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $44 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $35 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Kyowa Kirin, 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.
How this compares
$587,068 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 127 rheumatology providers in Tennessee.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 24 | $570 |
| Prednisone | 47 | $220 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 25 | $219 |
| Colchicine | 11 | $197 |
| Losartan Potassium | 15 | $144 |
| Baclofen | 13 | $111 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $110 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 13 | $46 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 11 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other rheumatology in Knoxville
- Marcin GornisiewiczKnoxville$310K
- Robert CappsKnoxville$88K
- Jay WarrrickKnoxville$41K
- Kenny SizemoreKnoxville$27K
- Kenneth JohnsenKnoxville$17K
- Christy ParkKnoxville$16K
- William BushKnoxville$12K
- Marcum CollinsKnoxville$12K
- Tonya BakerKnoxville$10K
- James BurnsKnoxville$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.