Abdul Kanu, MD
Pain Medicine · Victorville, CANPI 1801039292
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 452 payments — averaging $30.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$6K
- AbbVie$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Abbott$902
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$689
- Painteq LLC$608
- plus $3K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5994%
- Food & beverage$12,93893%
- Education$4243%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 159 | $5,747 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 57 | $1,408 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 50 | $1,239 |
| Abbott | 14 | $902 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 21 | $689 |
| Painteq LLC | 17 | $608 |
| Nevro Corp. | 17 | $540 |
| Curonix LLC | 8 | $451 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 40 | $411 |
| MML US, Inc. | 5 | $391 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 12 | $194 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 6 | $181 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 4 | $160 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Stryker | 4 | $123 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $101 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $89 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 5 | $77 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 4 | $69 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $36 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $33 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Amgen | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$1,004
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$368
- PAINTEQ$330
- ReActiv8$302
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$243
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$239
- SPRINT PNS System$238
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$238
- PROCLAIM$221
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$200
- OCTRODE$184
- Accurian$165
- Intracept$149
- Evoke SCS$137
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$124
- NURTEC ODT$123
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$121
- INTELLIS$114
- ETERNA$101
How this compares
$13,961 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 840 pain medicine providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 98 | $1,001 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 25 | $475 |
| Pregabalin | 16 | $378 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 14 | $123 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 16 | $107 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $79 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 30 | $73 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Victorville
- Eric GrigsbyNapa$3.2M
- Jason PopeSanta Rosa$2.8M
- Javid GhandehariSanta Monica$2.7M
- Alexander HerselThousand Oaks$2.1M
- Krishnan ChakravarthyTemecula$1.9M
- Kasra AmirdelfanWalnut Creek$1.7M
- Ramana NaiduLarkspur$1.6M
- Foead GeulaStudio City$1.3M
- Xiang QianRedwood City$941K
- Jacqueline WeisbeinNapa$863K
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.