Atul Walia, DO
Pain Medicine · Oklahoma City, OKNPI 1780723130
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.9% of the total across 338 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 56.3% of the total.
Across 338 payments — averaging $25.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$5K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Medtronic$631
- Nevro Corp.$497
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$246
- Globus Medical$240
- plus $907 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1251%
- Food & beverage$8,52498%
- Education$591%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 210 | $4,899 |
| Boston Scientific | 43 | $1,288 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 17 | $631 |
| Nevro Corp. | 20 | $497 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 7 | $246 |
| Globus Medical | 6 | $240 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $189 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 3 | $180 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $70 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $41 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Vertex | 1 | $26 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $22 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$921
- PROCLAIM$807
- Prolate$408
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$223
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$175
- TARGETSTIM$160
- INCEPTIV$159
- TANLOR$136
- Nalocet$136
- ReActiv8$132
- Proclaim IPG$125
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$125
- Infinion 16$108
How this compares
$8,709 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 68 pain medicine providers in Oklahoma.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 714 | $15,386 |
| Buprenorphine | 44 | $14,602 |
| Pregabalin | 552 | $9,208 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 148 | $2,612 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 148 | $2,336 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 190 | $2,216 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 137 | $2,106 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 266 | $1,999 |
| Hydromorphone ErHydromorphone Hcl | 11 | $1,761 |
| Methocarbamol | 182 | $1,686 |
| Baclofen | 129 | $1,275 |
| Lidocaine | 12 | $1,144 |
| Tramadol Hcl ErTramadol Hcl | 12 | $513 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 28 | $500 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 24 | $406 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Oklahoma City
- Sailesh ArulkumarOklahoma City$162K
- Emily PollardOklahoma City$134K
- Tyler PhillipsOklahoma City$36K
- John NelsonOklahoma City$26K
- Rafael JustizOklahoma City$25K
- Ryan VincentOklahoma City$7K
- Liem TrangOklahoma City$6K
- Rico GuerraOklahoma City$3K
- Cooper YatesOklahoma City$2K
- Lawrence AultOklahoma City$617
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.