Abraham Rivera, MD
Pain Medicine · Tampa, FLNPI 1407875065
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.1%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 38.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $11,724 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $259 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in FL 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 217 payments — averaging $122.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$10K
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$7K
- Abbott$3K
- Nutech Spine, Inc.$2K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$2K
- Surgentec$1K
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,71325%
- Travel & lodging$7,14827%
- Food & beverage$10,91541%
- Education$1,4776%
- Gifts$900%
- Entertainment$2411%
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(2 entities) | 91 | $10,276 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 18 | $6,913 |
| Abbott | 67 | $3,098 |
| Nutech Spine, Inc. | 6 | $1,770 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 3 | $1,640 |
| Surgentec | 1 | $1,290 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 5 | $432 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $163 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $152 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $148 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $96 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 3 | $94 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $46 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $22 |
| Avanos Medical | 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.
- SYNCHROMED$1,907
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,603
- TiLink$1,290
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$1,145
- INTELLIS$1,000
- SiFix$648
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$436
- PROCLAIM$405
- PRIALT$270
- Intracept$258
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$227
- StimQ Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US Receiver$227
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$227
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$227
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$227
- AUTOFILL$148
- iFuse Implant$148
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$143
- BELBUCA$125
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$119
How this compares
$26,584 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 596 pain medicine providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 166 | $6,373 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 170 | $4,935 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 67 | $1,100 |
| Pregabalin | 35 | $851 |
| Gabapentin | 64 | $810 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 26 | $586 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 22 | $583 |
| Methocarbamol | 17 | $211 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 11 | $178 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 14 | $154 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 21 | $141 |
| Meloxicam | 24 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Tampa
- Rodolfo GariTampa$120K
- Edward Podgorski IiiTampa$55K
- Arun KalavaTampa$36K
- Mauricio OrbegozoTampa$31K
- Robert GuirguisTampa$30K
- Jorge LealTampa$18K
- Jeffrey GudinMiami$356K
- Joseph PergolizziNaples$333K
- Ramon Cuevas-TrisanRiviera Beach$220K
- Navdeep JassalLakeland$163K
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.