David Currie, MD
Pain Medicine · Phoenix, AZNPI 1811316490
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,584 of the $8,967 with a category attached, or 73.4%. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 35.1% of the total.
Across 213 payments — averaging $42.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Medtronic$894
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$739
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$258
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,38327%
- Food & beverage$6,58473%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 49 | $3,152 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 11 | $1,208 |
| Boston Scientific | 44 | $1,139 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 19 | $894 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 7 | $739 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 27 | $258 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $221 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $215 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $165 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 11 | $126 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 4 | $119 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 4 | $110 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $72 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 2 | $71 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $55 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $30 |
| B. Braun Medical Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Vertex | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals 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
$8,967 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 16 | $3,629 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 200 | $3,471 |
| Buprenorphine | 17 | $3,113 |
| Gabapentin | 190 | $2,700 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 113 | $1,894 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 80 | $1,500 |
| Pregabalin | 60 | $1,130 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 88 | $1,000 |
| Methocarbamol | 30 | $936 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 108 | $655 |
| Baclofen | 39 | $643 |
| Meloxicam | 141 | $566 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 65 | $492 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $465 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 16 | $302 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Phoenix
- Minesh ZaveriPhoenix$187K
- Christine HaddadPhoenix$98K
- Gobi ParamanandamPhoenix$46K
- Omar ViswanathPhoenix$42K
- Lynn ChangPhoenix$29K
- Mark KallgrenPhoenix$24K
- Ruchir GuptaPhoenix$15K
- Shawnjeet SainiPhoenix$14K
- Jawad ArshadPhoenix$13K
- Shafik BoyajiPhoenix$10K
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.