James Growney
Anesthesiology · San Antonio, TXNPI 1942230743
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.8% of the total across 185 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Abbott accounts for 60.0% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,471 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $17 in 2023. Among anesthesiology clinicians in TX 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 185 payments — averaging $19.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$297
- Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.$201
- Nevro Corp.$134
- AbbVie$124
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$96
- plus $610 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,58098%
- Education$802%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 91 | $2,197 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 26 | $297 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 10 | $201 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $134 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $124 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $96 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $74 |
| Novartis | 4 | $63 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $37 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $31 |
| Shionogi Inc | 2 | $29 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $28 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $19 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $15 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $13 |
| West Therapeutics Development, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $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.
- Proclaim IPG$533
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$436
- PROCLAIM$109
- BELBUCA$107
How this compares
$3,660 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,899 anesthesiology providers in Texas.
Other anesthesiology in San Antonio
- Maxim EckmannSan Antonio$349K
- Maged MinaSan Antonio$66K
- Sridhar VasireddySan Antonio$18K
- Richard TeamesFort Worth$746K
- Tong GanHouston$700K
- Valentine GibsonRichardson$671K
- James MuellerDallas$636K
- Randy RobbinsPlano$593K
- Gabriel MenaHouston$494K
- Iden CowanAustin$305K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.