James Kennedy, MD
Psychiatry · Knoxville, TNNPI 1780698985
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 807 payments — averaging $18.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$2K
- Lundbeck LLC$1K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$1K
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$1K
- plus $7K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$14,652100%
- Education$610%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 103 | $1,816 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 92 | $1,304 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 79 | $1,303 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 49 | $1,277 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 75 | $1,145 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 58 | $1,076 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 39 | $934 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 41 | $811 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 38 | $741 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 36 | $680 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 43 | $651 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 28 | $511 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 29 | $470 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $358 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 18 | $328 |
| Corium, LLC | 8 | $191 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $169 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 9 | $150 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 7 | $121 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $117 |
| Eisai Inc. | 8 | $113 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 7 | $101 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 5 | $82 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $77 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $47 |
| Merck | 2 | $41 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $28 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.p. | 1 | $16 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- NUEDEXTA$358
- INGREZZA$236
- REXULTI$122
- TRINTELLIX$118
How this compares
$14,713 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 503 psychiatry providers in Tennessee.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 12 | $94,500 |
| AplenzinBupropion Hbr | 13 | $32,446 |
| TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide | 15 | $11,274 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 277 | $7,055 |
| VyvanseLisdexamfetamine Dimesylate | 16 | $5,991 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 201 | $5,068 |
| Aripiprazole | 55 | $4,545 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 128 | $3,544 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 220 | $2,965 |
| Mirtazapine | 175 | $2,873 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 251 | $2,833 |
| Desvenlafaxine Succinate ErDesvenlafaxine Succinate | 41 | $2,784 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 128 | $2,323 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 151 | $2,107 |
| Divalproex Sodium | 76 | $1,733 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $1,277 | $94,50012 claims |
| Bausch Health US, LLCAplenzin | $651 | $32,44613 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix, Vyvanse | $1,076 | $17,26531 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $121 | $1,001129 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 503 psychiatry providers in Tennessee.
Other psychiatry in Knoxville
- Karthi NamasivayamKnoxville$225K
- Lane CookKnoxville$53K
- Richard GibsonKnoxville$32K
- Kelley WalkerKnoxville$17K
- Sharon BurnsideKnoxville$16K
- Bryan WestKnoxville$15K
- Kris HouserKnoxville$14K
- Charles MayKnoxville$9K
- Rakesh AminNashville$3M
- Brian BonfardinJohnson City$2.6M
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.