Ashley Peairs
Interventional Pain Medicine · Thibodaux, LANPI 1043698921
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (41.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Spinal Simplicity, LLC at 58.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,903 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $19 in 2024.
Across 187 payments — averaging $88.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$10K
- Nevro Corp.$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$261
- Medtronic$256
- plus $589 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,80229%
- Food & beverage$4,86129%
- Education$6,95342%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 20 | $9,667 |
| Nevro Corp. | 49 | $3,123 |
| Boston Scientific | 59 | $1,646 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 5 | $1,075 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 15 | $261 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $256 |
| Abbott | 10 | $196 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 7 | $132 |
| Interventional Pain Technologies Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Amgen | 2 | $45 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $24 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$9,312
- Intracept$2,137
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$1,802
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$573
How this compares
$16,616 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 57 interventional pain medicine providers in Louisiana.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Duloxetine Hcl | 24 | $630 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $389 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Thibodaux
- Elizabeth MortazaviThibodaux$7K
- Luis HernandezThibodaux$3K
- Maged GuirguisNew Orleans$565K
- Suneil JollyKenner$107K
- John CefaluShreveport$71K
- Steve LeeSlidell$57K
- William WhyteShreveport$39K
- Paul HubbellMetairie$33K
- Ken EhrhardtHammond$22K
- Thomas BerryLacombe$21K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.