David Lam, MD
Anesthesiology · Worcester, MANPI 1821588344
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 34.4% of the total. Among anesthesiology clinicians in MA 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 209 payments — averaging $102.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$7K
- Abbott$6K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$3K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$383
- plus $298 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$12,05356%
- Food & beverage$9,45944%
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 | 96 | $7,406 |
| Abbott | 32 | $6,034 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 22 | $2,936 |
| Boston Scientific | 31 | $2,606 |
| Stryker | 12 | $1,848 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 6 | $383 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 7 | $173 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $97 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $27 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$4,864
- Evoke$2,484
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$2,345
- SYNCHROMEDII$1,422
- Intracept$1,061
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$645
- SCOPIS ENT$623
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$591
- SPINEJACK$584
- INCEPTIV$441
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$351
- mild Device Kit$318
- ETERNA$257
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$169
- Evoke SCS$169
How this compares
$21,512 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,585 anesthesiology providers in Massachusetts.
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 | 18 | $151 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 24 | $38 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Worcester
- Jasmine PatelWorcester$180K
- Sam NiaWorcester$80K
- Yury RabotnikovWorcester$55K
- Pascal Scemama de GiallulyWorcester$33K
- James StreisandCambridge$380K
- Douglas ShookBoston$267K
- Paula BokeschLexington$244K
- Robert YongBoston$231K
- Michael DambraBoston$194K
- Robert TruogBoston$172K
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.