David Brenneman, MD
Anesthesiology · Louisville, KYNPI 1265794861
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 57.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,578 and has fallen 92.0% since, to $126 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 24 payments — averaging $91.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$301
- Boston Scientific$208
- Edwards Lifesciences$180
- Abiomed$68
- Cvrx, Inc.$50
- plus $121 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,11451%
- Food & beverage$1,08349%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 10 | $1,269 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $301 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $208 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $180 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $68 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $42 |
| Cerus Corporation | 1 | $40 |
| BD | 1 | $38 |
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
$2,197 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 514 anesthesiology 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.
Other anesthesiology in Louisville
- Rainer LenhardtLouisville$398K
- Laura ClarkLouisville$168K
- Richard MorrisLouisville$58K
- Jiapeng HuangLouisville$39K
- Blake EvansLouisville$33K
- Robert LiuLouisville$14K
- Harini ChennaLouisville$12K
- Patrick ShanahanLouisville$12K
- Alexander SinofskyLouisville$11K
- Stamatis BaronosLouisville$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.