Daniel Atkinson
Pain Medicine · Greenville, SCNPI 1679983811
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (39.7%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Spinal Simplicity, LLC accounts for 61.4% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among pain medicine clinicians in SC 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 333 payments — averaging $107.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$22K
- Medtronic$10K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$650
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$348
- plus $646 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$10,15928%
- Food & beverage$14,27740%
- Education$11,50032%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 71 | $22,069 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 198 | $9,901 |
| Boston Scientific | 17 | $1,224 |
| Nevro Corp. | 16 | $1,097 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 7 | $650 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 4 | $348 |
| Globus Medical | 7 | $233 |
| Abbott | 2 | $138 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 3 | $83 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $51 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Stryker | 1 | $14 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, 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.
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$20,652
- LIBERTY SI$8,350
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$2,611
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$1,038
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$658
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$626
- SPRINT PNS System$589
- Intracept$534
- Accurian$450
- INCEPTIV$294
- mild Device Kit$273
- SYNCHROMEDII$171
- INTELLIS$165
- Senza$150
- Omnia$128
- PROCLAIM$118
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$117
How this compares
$35,936 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 92 pain medicine providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 20 | $15,175 |
| Buprenorphine | 29 | $6,737 |
| Pregabalin | 157 | $4,028 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 148 | $2,980 |
| Gabapentin | 137 | $1,773 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 79 | $1,728 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 113 | $1,440 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 117 | $1,290 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 50 | $728 |
| Celecoxib | 31 | $505 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 48 | $473 |
| Methocarbamol | 49 | $448 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 40 | $365 |
| Zonisamide | 17 | $267 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 39 | $230 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Greenville
- Phillip SmithGreenville$303K
- Kevin WalkerGreenville$14K
- Christian RoehmerGreenville$11K
- Keith SchiffGreenville$10K
- Ashley BaranowskiGreenville$6K
- Robert WestrolGreenville$5K
- Lee MullinaxGreenville$3K
- Richard KlineConway$104K
- Channing WilloughbyMurrells Inlet$82K
- Michael WarrickSumter$50K
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.