Michelle Brewer
Neurology · Knoxville, TNNPI 1023088721
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $28,568 of the $36,876 with a category attached, or 77.5%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Acorda Therapeutics, Inc at 49.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $24,441 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $19 in 2022.
Across 104 payments — averaging $354.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc$18K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$10K
- Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$4K
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$3K
- CSL Behring$126
- Novartis$106
- plus $549 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,2756%
- Speaking & faculty fees$28,56877%
- Travel & lodging$3,81610%
- Food & beverage$2,2176%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 22 | $18,262 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 12 | $10,223 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 18 | $4,427 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 15 | $3,182 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $126 |
| Novartis | 6 | $106 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $104 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $78 |
| Abbott | 2 | $60 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $56 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $35 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $34 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $23 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kyowa Kirin, 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.
How this compares
$36,876 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 361 neurology providers in Tennessee.
Other neurology in Knoxville
- David BrandesKnoxville$412K
- Sibyl WrayKnoxville$377K
- Joseph VaughanKnoxville$177K
- Rosanne BarkerKnoxville$40K
- Randall TrudellKnoxville$39K
- Samuel HunterSpring Hill$676K
- Harold MosesNashville$438K
- Lucas ElijovichMemphis$415K
- Christine HagenAlcoa$371K
- Mark LedouxMemphis$352K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.