Richard Brasington
Rheumatology · Saint Louis, MONPI 1437176963
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $87,771 of the $99,811 with a category attached, or 87.9%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. at 51.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $38,947 and has fallen 86.8% since, to $5,146 in 2023. Among rheumatology clinicians in MO 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 174 payments — averaging $573.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$52K
- Amgen$10K
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$10K
- Pfizer$10K
- Novartis$9K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$4K
- plus $5K from 11 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $1635.00 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.
- GSK$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,8504%
- Speaking & faculty fees$87,77188%
- Travel & lodging$4,2414%
- Food & beverage$3,9414%
- Education$80%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 44 | $51,512 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 28 | $10,249 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 9 | $9,846 |
| Pfizer | 22 | $9,562 |
| Novartis | 17 | $9,418 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 4 | $3,750 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $2,441 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $2,190 |
| AbbVie | 15 | $372 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $157 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $102 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| GSK | 4 | $66 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $18 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
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
$99,811 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 134 rheumatology providers in Missouri.
Other rheumatology in Saint Louis
- Adam KilianSaint Louis$565K
- Alfred KimSaint Louis$486K
- Sona KamatSaint Louis$268K
- Akgun InceSaint Louis$45K
- Joseph StauberSaint Louis$37K
- Alissa ChandlerSaint Louis$37K
- Chad RonholmSaint Louis$27K
- Sandra HoffmannSaint Louis$23K
- John BuddSaint Louis$17K
- Michael PaleySaint Louis$16K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.