Rene Powell, DO
Anesthesiology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1578903563
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,152 of the $2,972 with a category attached, or 72.4%. Abbott accounts for 74.1% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among anesthesiology clinicians in AL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 41 payments — averaging $72.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$260
- Medtronic$252
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$52
- MML US, Inc.$50
- Novo Nordisk$42
- plus $112 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$82128%
- Food & beverage$2,15272%
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 | 25 | $2,203 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $260 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $252 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $52 |
| MML US, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $42 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $29 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $27 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $27 |
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$1,713
- DURATA$237
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$167
How this compares
$2,972 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 484 anesthesiology providers in Alabama.
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.
Other anesthesiology in Birmingham
- Alexandru VisanBirmingham$138K
- Gregory HickmanBirmingham$134K
- Ursula WesselmannBirmingham$33K
- Keith JonesBirmingham$26K
- Justin RoutmanBirmingham$16K
- Joshua SmithBirmingham$14K
- Prentiss LawsonBirmingham$13K
- Thomas ReganBirmingham$9K
- Christopher RacineBirmingham$4K
- Alethia SellersBirmingham$4K
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.