Michael Hermann, MD
Pain Medicine · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1245673268
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (43.9%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. at 33.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,573 and has fallen 91.9% since, to $208 in 2025.
Across 166 payments — averaging $44.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$612
- Abbott$452
- Boston Scientific$424
- plus $773 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,18030%
- Travel & lodging$1,86225%
- Food & beverage$3,24044%
- Education$1001%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 18 | $2,488 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 11 | $1,382 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 11 | $1,250 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 35 | $612 |
| Abbott | 17 | $452 |
| Boston Scientific | 26 | $424 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $137 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $129 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $97 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 4 | $48 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $26 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $18 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $11 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
| Epimed International, Inc | 1 | $2 |
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.
- Intracept$4,033
- BELBUCA$2,180
- mild Device Kit$930
- Symproic$330
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$147
How this compares
$7,381 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 112 | $1,869 |
| Gabapentin | 98 | $1,322 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 40 | $733 |
| Celecoxib | 34 | $723 |
| Methylprednisolone | 50 | $411 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 46 | $226 |
| Cephalexin | 44 | $166 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 14 | $112 |
| Methocarbamol | 12 | $84 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 31 | $74 |
| Diazepam | 15 | $7 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Chattanooga
- Gregory BallChattanooga$35K
- John BlakeChattanooga$28K
- Arion SmalleyChattanooga$22K
- Sandra KaplanChattanooga$7K
- Steven MusickChattanooga$7K
- Kevin SmithChattanooga$6K
- Stephen DreskinChattanooga$2K
- Shravani DurbhakulaNashville$353K
- Joseph DichiaraKnoxville$102K
- Stephanie VanterpoolKnoxville$69K
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.