John Nwofia, MD
Pain Medicine · Brentwood, TNNPI 1588777445
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $13,733 of the $16,910 with a category attached, or 81.2%. Abbott accounts for 60.9% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 485 payments — averaging $34.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$10K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Spinefrontier, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$757
- Nevro Corp.$356
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$255
- plus $917 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,17719%
- Food & beverage$13,73381%
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 | 259 | $10,295 |
| Boston Scientific | 143 | $2,942 |
| Spinefrontier, Inc. | 5 | $1,386 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 16 | $757 |
| Nevro Corp. | 18 | $356 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 7 | $255 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $210 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 8 | $202 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 2 | $99 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $91 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $76 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $14 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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$3,354
- InSpan$1,273
- SIJFuse$1,273
- FacetFuse$1,273
- NanoFuse$1,273
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$1,032
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$762
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$572
- Proclaim IPG$436
- Protege Family of SCS IPGs$268
- ETERNA$172
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$155
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$119
- SPRINT PNS System$104
- Axium$100
How this compares
$16,910 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 112 pain medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 687 | $22,650 |
| ZtlidoLidocaine | 24 | $16,145 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 524 | $15,809 |
| Gabapentin | 487 | $6,650 |
| Pregabalin | 213 | $5,322 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 304 | $4,312 |
| Lidocaine | 49 | $4,209 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 134 | $2,546 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 97 | $2,248 |
| Fentanyl | 24 | $2,178 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 51 | $2,173 |
| Lubiprostone | 17 | $2,058 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 126 | $1,678 |
| Methocarbamol | 113 | $1,497 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 77 | $1,041 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido | $13 | $16,14524 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 85th percentile of 112 pain medicine providers in Tennessee.
Other pain medicine in Brentwood
- Kenneth HomolyaBrentwood$11K
- Shravani DurbhakulaNashville$353K
- Joseph DichiaraKnoxville$102K
- Stephanie VanterpoolKnoxville$69K
- Herbert MeltzerNashville$43K
- Marc HuntoonNashville$37K
- Gregory BallChattanooga$35K
- Phillip GreenMemphis$34K
- Puneet MishraNashville$32K
- John BlakeChattanooga$28K
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.