Gerald Russell
Family Medicine · Farragut, TNNPI 1043200603
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.7%), consulting fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Covidien LP at 47.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,588 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $33 in 2021.
Across 125 payments — averaging $25.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Covidien LP$2K
- Pfizer$198
- Merck$189
- Amgen$163
- Novo Nordisk$159
- AbbVie$115
- plus $879 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,51347%
- Food & beverage$1,69353%
- Education$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Covidien LP | 1 | $1,513 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $198 |
| Merck | 17 | $189 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 12 | $163 |
| Novo Nordisk | 16 | $159 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $115 |
| GSK | 7 | $113 |
| Novartis | 5 | $98 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $91 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $88 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $84 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $81 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $77 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $64 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $58 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $12 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $11 |
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.
- Nellcor$1,513
How this compares
$3,215 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 2,087 family medicine providers in Tennessee.
Other family medicine in Farragut
- John LawFarragut$35K
- Richard MattisonFarragut$31K
- Kevin DennisFranklin$354K
- Charolette JacksonBartlett$162K
- Keren HolmesNashville$58K
- Kabir Harricharan SinghNewport$49K
- Khaisha GistAntioch$49K
- Jerry PunchKnoxville$45K
- Christopher HollowayAntioch$41K
- Curtis JantziKingsport$39K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.