Jan Brandes
Nashville, TNNPI 1093707937
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $391,293 of the $555,316 with a category attached, or 70.5%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Lilly USA, LLC at 49.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $230,184 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $1,090 in 2025.
Across 563 payments — averaging $986.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$277K
- Amgen$161K
- Lundbeck LLC$41K
- Eli Lilly$38K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$19K
- AbbVie$15K
- plus $4K from 5 others
Across 27 payments — averaging $3184.24 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.
- Amgen$60K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$23K
- Eli Lilly$2K
- Novartis$675
- Merck$39
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$105,11019%
- Speaking & faculty fees$391,29370%
- Grants$850%
- Travel & lodging$46,7418%
- Food & beverage$8,4662%
- Education$3,6201%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 307 | $277,227 |
| Amgen | 153 | $161,415 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 22 | $41,150 |
| Eli Lilly | 25 | $37,880 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 11 | $18,996 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 25 | $14,522 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $3,225 |
| H. Lundbeck A S | 1 | $619 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 12 | $258 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, 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.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.