Steven Smith
Family Medicine · Indianapolis, INNPI 1841289972
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 27 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 48.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $465 and has fallen 91.9% since, to $38 in 2022.
Across 27 payments — averaging $24.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$324
- Novo Nordisk$63
- Lilly USA, LLC$47
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$40
- Amgen$29
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$27
- plus $143 from 9 others
Across 33 payments — averaging $77,991 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.
- Eli Lilly$2.5M
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$94K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$673100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 5 | $324 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $63 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $47 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Amgen | 2 | $29 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| GSK | 2 | $24 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $13 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
| Indivior Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$673 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 2,709 family medicine providers in Indiana.
Other family medicine in Indianapolis
- Richard TannerIndianapolis$1.6M
- Richard FeldmanIndianapolis$476K
- Joe BanksIndianapolis$294K
- Jakoda SniderIndianapolis$107K
- Robert ClutterIndianapolis$77K
- Blair BrengleIndianapolis$17K
- James AndryBloomington$715K
- Anthony InzerelloEvansville$308K
- Steven GatewoodElwood$281K
- Shekar PushpalaCarmel$239K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.