Patrick Forrest, MD
Pain Medicine · Ann Arbor, MINPI 1518259282
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (50.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by GE HealthCare at 53.7% of the total. Among pain medicine clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 85 payments — averaging $273.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GE HealthCare$12K
- B. Braun Medical Inc.$4K
- Abbott$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Nevro Corp.$942
- plus $2K from 8 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $60,000 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.
- Avanos Medical$60K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,80051%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,6987%
- Travel & lodging$2,35810%
- Food & beverage$7,38332%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GE HealthCare | 8 | $12,471 |
| B. Braun Medical Inc. | 4 | $3,573 |
| Abbott | 14 | $1,713 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 18 | $1,408 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $1,395 |
| Nevro Corp. | 7 | $942 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 8 | $739 |
| Avanos Medical | 5 | $307 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| Stryker | 1 | $157 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $107 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- AISYS$9,700
- CONTIPLEX$3,556
- PROCLAIM$1,233
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$954
- mild Device Kit$565
- Omnia$541
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$426
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$291
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$247
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$172
- SPINEJACK$157
- INCEPTIV$153
- Intracept RF Probe$149
- GENERATOR$126
- ADAPTIVESTIM$125
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION$121
- Senza$110
- SPRINT PNS System$107
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$103
- SlimTip lead DRG Lead$101
How this compares
$23,238 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 139 pain medicine providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine | 27 | $5,810 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 21 | $1,476 |
| Gabapentin | 66 | $1,267 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 11 | $479 |
| Pregabalin | 28 | $398 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 26 | $275 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $173 |
| Methocarbamol | 15 | $141 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Ann Arbor
- Peter StilesAnn Arbor$6K
- Jordan PetersenAnn Arbor$4K
- Harry SukumaranRochester Hills$304K
- Nasir KhatriFlint$133K
- Yijia ChuGrand Rapids$88K
- Mark MounayerSouthfield$85K
- Jeffrey RosenbergCanton$44K
- Alexander TurfeWyandotte$41K
- Kendall GroseWyandotte$26K
- Craig HartrickRoyal Oak$26K
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.