Gordon Bernard
Critical Care Medicine · Nashville, TNNPI 1326147760
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $729,161 of the $730,088 with a category attached, or 99.9%. Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 95.3% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among critical care medicine clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 82 payments — averaging $8903.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$696K
- BTG International Inc.$21K
- Bayer$9K
- Eli Lilly$5K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$600
Across 5 payments — averaging $1706.40 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Regeneron$4K
- Bayer$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$729,161100%
- Travel & lodging$8700%
- Food & beverage$580%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 68 | $695,750 |
| BTG International Inc. | 7 | $20,677 |
| Bayer | 3 | $8,561 |
| Eli Lilly | 3 | $4,500 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $600 |
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.
- Caldolor$504,583
- Kristalose$504,583
- Vibativ$504,583
- Vaprisol Dextrose in Plastic Container$504,583
- SANCUSO$405,583
- RediTrex$99,000
- DIGIFAB$3,500
- CROFAB$3,500
- VORAXAZE$3,500
- DEFITELIO$600
How this compares
$730,088 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 141 critical care medicine providers in Tennessee.
Other critical care medicine in Nashville
- Todd RiceNashville$291K
- Jamie DeneauNashville$33K
- Ann GageNashville$22K
- Lorraine WareNashville$18K
- Shelton HarrellNashville$16K
- Joseph SchlesingerNashville$15K
- Angelo CanonicoNashville$15K
- Erik HessNashville$14K
- Jonathan CaseyNashville$13K
- Eugene ElyNashville$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.