Babuk Ghuman, MD
Pain Medicine · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1487699310
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 173 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 25.3% of the total.
Across 173 payments — averaging $18.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$813
- Forte Bio-pharma LLC$542
- Nevro Corp.$282
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$279
- Xtant Medical Inc$205
- Amgen$170
- plus $930 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,221100%
- Gifts$00%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 72 | $813 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 18 | $542 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $282 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 14 | $279 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $205 |
| Amgen | 12 | $170 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 7 | $142 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $140 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 10 | $119 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $115 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $72 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $61 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $52 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $27 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $15 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$3,221 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 101 pain medicine providers in Nevada.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RelistorMethylnaltrexone Bromide | 12 | $30,960 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 91 | $26,945 |
| ZtlidoLidocaine | 22 | $20,412 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 14 | $13,283 |
| HorizantGabapentin Enacarbil | 11 | $11,832 |
| Lidocaine | 53 | $8,862 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 263 | $6,669 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 159 | $3,395 |
| Pregabalin | 156 | $2,530 |
| Gabapentin | 162 | $1,653 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 172 | $1,572 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 57 | $1,375 |
| Fentanyl | 15 | $1,356 |
| Baclofen | 57 | $845 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 27 | $667 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCRelistor | $279 | $30,96012 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido | $813 | $20,41222 claims |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Belbuca | $55 | $13,28314 claims |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Horizant | $61 | $11,83211 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 55th percentile of 101 pain medicine providers in Nevada.
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- Andrew KimLas Vegas$11K
- Neville CampbellLas Vegas$11K
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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.