Christine Haddad, PhD
Pain Medicine · Phoenix, AZNPI 1972965168
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (56.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 45.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $43,349, more than ten times the $1,235 reported in 2020. Among pain medicine clinicians in AZ 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 727 payments — averaging $134.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$44K
- Boston Scientific$32K
- Abbott$10K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$4K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$1K
- plus $4K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4951%
- Speaking & faculty fees$55,07356%
- Travel & lodging$19,08320%
- Food & beverage$23,05224%
- Education$370%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 206 | $43,950 |
| Boston Scientific | 114 | $31,936 |
| Abbott | 195 | $10,017 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 13 | $4,335 |
| Nevro Corp. | 38 | $1,948 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 22 | $1,380 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 30 | $1,271 |
| Painteq LLC | 13 | $460 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 27 | $394 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $233 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 4 | $193 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 3 | $189 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $176 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 5 | $175 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 5 | $157 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $130 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 4 | $107 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $105 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 4 | $93 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $78 |
| Vertex | 2 | $55 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 3 | $38 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Stryker | 1 | $21 |
| Otto Bock Healthcare LP | 1 | $20 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Tonix Medicines, 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.
- Intracept$37,278
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$29,309
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$6,614
- PROCLAIM$6,131
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$2,724
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$1,619
- SYNCHROMEDII$1,302
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$1,295
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,051
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$783
- Axium$710
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$692
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$493
- Proclaim IPG$471
- Senza$315
- ETERNA$259
- Omnia$206
- PAINTEQ$179
- AXIUM PRIMETM$163
- SPRINT PNS System$149
How this compares
$97,739 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 180 pain medicine providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 429 | $14,193 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 19 | $12,473 |
| Buprenorphine | 38 | $11,453 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 439 | $10,824 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 19 | $7,574 |
| Gabapentin | 338 | $5,944 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 321 | $5,808 |
| Pregabalin | 188 | $4,342 |
| Celecoxib | 126 | $2,281 |
| Lidocaine | 21 | $2,198 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 230 | $1,974 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 83 | $1,900 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 271 | $1,818 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 86 | $1,475 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 100 | $1,140 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Phoenix
- Minesh ZaveriPhoenix$187K
- Gobi ParamanandamPhoenix$46K
- Omar ViswanathPhoenix$42K
- Lynn ChangPhoenix$29K
- Mark KallgrenPhoenix$24K
- Ruchir GuptaPhoenix$15K
- Shawnjeet SainiPhoenix$14K
- Jawad ArshadPhoenix$13K
- Shafik BoyajiPhoenix$10K
- Nicholas ScottPhoenix$9K
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.