Brian Thomas, MD
Psychiatry · Anchorage, AKNPI 1174601652
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 18 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 8 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 18 payments — averaging $17.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$75
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$47
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$47
- Lundbeck LLC$41
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$40
- Alkermes, Inc.$36
- plus $36 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$323100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $75 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$323 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 81 psychiatry providers in Alaska.
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.
Other psychiatry in Anchorage
- Alex OrtenAnchorage$116K
- Howard DetwilerAnchorage$5K
- Cleve ShireyAnchorage$846
- David SamsonAnchorage$665
- Robert LongAnchorage$634
- Deborah GurisAnchorage$612
- Eileen HaAnchorage$575
- Amber BentonAnchorage$516
- David TelfordAnchorage$419
- Ryan WallaceAnchorage$395
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.