Christian Acharte
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Wyncote, PANPI 1558771089
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,937 of the $12,168 with a category attached, or 65.2%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 43.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,960 and has fallen 89.1% since, to $538 in 2025. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 347 payments — averaging $35.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$4K
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$602
- Heartflow, Inc.$501
- Curonix LLC$467
- AbbVie$349
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,23135%
- Food & beverage$7,93765%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 155 | $5,245 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 74 | $3,756 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 45 | $602 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 5 | $501 |
| Curonix LLC | 6 | $467 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 16 | $349 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 6 | $215 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 10 | $210 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $157 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 3 | $133 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $120 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $41 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$12,168 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 550 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 24 | $16,747 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 24 | $14,957 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 162 | $3,701 |
| Fentanyl | 17 | $1,868 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 84 | $1,839 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 59 | $1,581 |
| Baclofen | 76 | $1,084 |
| Buprenorphine | 14 | $900 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 39 | $730 |
| Gabapentin | 64 | $660 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 23 | $374 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 11 | $307 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 16 | $261 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 48 | $237 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 20 | $176 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er | $210 | $16,74724 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 95th percentile of 550 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Pennsylvania.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Wyncote
- Jeffery RoweKing Of Prussia$1.9M
- Michael SaulinoElkins Park$425K
- Huaguang QuChalfont$356K
- Alberto EsquenaziPhiladelphia$305K
- Mitchell PaulinPaoli$229K
- Kimberly HeckertPhiladelphia$119K
- David LichtenReading$117K
- Gay WilcherRidley Park$81K
- Jessica MulhernPaoli$79K
- Leonard KamenElkins Park$44K
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.