Nichelle Renk
Pain Medicine · Anchorage, AKNPI 1548300205
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.3% of the total across 187 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 31.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,487 and has fallen 68.0% since, to $476 in 2025.
Across 187 payments — averaging $28.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Avanos Medical$891
- AbbVie$798
- Pfizer$258
- Medtronic$258
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$194
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$842%
- Food & beverage$5,23498%
- Education$80%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 54 | $1,683 |
| Avanos Medical | 17 | $891 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 35 | $798 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $258 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $258 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 6 | $194 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $156 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 8 | $145 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 5 | $123 |
| Abbott | 3 | $122 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $103 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 4 | $84 |
| Amgen | 4 | $80 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 5 | $75 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $51 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $28 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 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.
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$381
- COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY$149
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$143
- Senza$131
- UBRELVY$124
- Zilretta$122
- Omnia$112
- GENERATOR$100
How this compares
$5,326 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 20 pain medicine providers in Alaska.
Other pain medicine in Anchorage
- Benjamin EkstromAnchorage$910
- Leon ChandlerAnchorage$836
- Shawn JohnstonAnchorage$663
- Casandra MysiorAnchorage$480
- Robert ValentzAnchorage$419
- Larry LevineAnchorage$267
- Lawrence StinsonAnchorage$185
- Shawn HadleyAnchorage$116
- Erik KussroAnchorage$44
- Sean TaylorAnchorage$19
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.