RxDoctor Payments Data

Adam Olsson, MD

Pain Medicine · Lakewood, WANPI 1073701173

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.4% of the total across 72 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 63.4% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,044, 4.1 times the $255 reported in 2019.

$4,479in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 72 payments — averaging $62.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$3K
  • SPR Therapeutics, Inc$709
  • Stratus Medical, LLC$247
  • Boston Scientific$228
  • Stryker$174
  • Nalu Medical, Inc.$144
  • plus $136 from 3 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$4,40998%
  • Education$702%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Medtronic(2 entities)49$2,842
SPR Therapeutics, Inc11$709
Stratus Medical, LLC3$247
Boston Scientific3$228
Stryker1$174
Nalu Medical, Inc.1$144
Vertos Medical, Inc.2$99
Bioventus LLC1$27
Sonendo Inc1$10

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

$4,479 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 124 pain medicine providers in Washington.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$146,987
Medicare patients
285
Services billed
1,721

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Pregabalin23$512
Tizanidine Hcl37$449
Celecoxib17$397
Gabapentin27$199

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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