Christopher Lam
Pain Medicine · Kansas City, KSNPI 1316367824
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (48.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 49.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $15,132 and has fallen 92.8% since, to $1,094 in 2025.
Across 154 payments — averaging $202.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$15K
- Nevro Corp.$4K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$2K
- MML US, Inc.$2K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$2K
- plus $3K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3941%
- Grants$15,00048%
- Travel & lodging$6,66621%
- Food & beverage$9,08829%
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) | 4 | $15,340 |
| Nevro Corp. | 42 | $3,507 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 25 | $3,228 |
| Abbott | 17 | $2,164 |
| MML US, Inc. | 11 | $1,925 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 21 | $1,898 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $1,064 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 10 | $867 |
| Painteq LLC | 3 | $323 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $188 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $167 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $129 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $117 |
| Stryker | 2 | $60 |
| Vertex | 1 | $46 |
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.
- SYNCHROMED$15,000
- ReActiv8$1,827
- Evoke SCS$1,674
- Omnia$1,518
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,509
- Intracept$1,474
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,088
- Evoke$885
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$838
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$547
- Senza$378
- ETERNA$331
- PROCLAIM$263
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$246
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$246
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$246
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$246
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$246
- PAINTEQ$228
- Proclaim DRG IPG$225
How this compares
$31,147 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 64 pain medicine providers in Kansas.
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 | 333 | $5,204 |
| Celecoxib | 144 | $3,447 |
| Pregabalin | 145 | $2,696 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 217 | $1,857 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 48 | $1,121 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 76 | $603 |
| Meloxicam | 35 | $265 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 22 | $246 |
| Methylprednisolone | 23 | $166 |
| Carbamazepine | 11 | $154 |
| Cephalexin | 16 | $95 |
| Vitamin D2Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) | 13 | $88 |
| Methocarbamol | 12 | $68 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $65 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Kansas City
- Usman LatifKansas City$734K
- Dawood SayedKansas City$649K
- Andrea ChadwickKansas City$269K
- Samuel PattonKansas City$30K
- Edward BraunKansas City$12K
- James KindscherKansas City$8K
- Sarafina KankamKansas City$3K
- Brian JonesKansas City$792
- Grace ShihKansas City$443
- Thomas SmithKansas City$164
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.