Jacob Mills
Interventional Pain Medicine · Mountain Home, TNNPI 1457596702
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 38.2% of the total. Among interventional pain medicine clinicians in TN 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 249 payments — averaging $97.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$9K
- MML US, Inc.$4K
- Nevro Corp.$3K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$3K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$1K
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,99841%
- Food & beverage$14,27459%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 121 | $9,261 |
| MML US, Inc. | 24 | $4,351 |
| Nevro Corp. | 24 | $2,840 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 28 | $2,677 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 6 | $1,661 |
| Abbott | 13 | $1,083 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 5 | $989 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 10 | $348 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $234 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $182 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $162 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $157 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $131 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $110 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $13 |
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.
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$4,391
- ReActiv8$3,838
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$2,107
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$1,863
- Superion ISS$1,661
- SPRINT PNS System$892
- PROCLAIM$719
- Senza$501
- INTELLIS$305
- INCEPTIV$245
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$189
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$162
- mild Device Kit$147
- BELBUCA$119
- COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY$116
How this compares
$24,272 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 41 interventional pain medicine providers in Tennessee.
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Other interventional pain medicine in Mountain Home
- William NewtonWinchester$225K
- Ryan BearerWinchester$35K
- Michael WilkinsonJohnson City$35K
- Matthew KangasMemphis$22K
- Matthew RupertFranklin$17K
- Adolfo CuadraKnoxville$15K
- Cameron ShawverJohnson City$15K
- Christine LeslieMorristown$12K
- Madhu YelameliColumbia$12K
- John WelkerAntioch$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.