Dawn Sparks
Pain Medicine · Lihue, HINPI 1700058559
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 31.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,959 and has fallen 85.3% since, to $875 in 2025.
Across 164 payments — averaging $103.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Nevro Corp.$4K
- Lumenis BE Inc$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$1K
- Medtronic$531
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,62445%
- Food & beverage$9,41855%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 34 | $5,319 |
| Nevro Corp. | 66 | $4,405 |
| Lumenis BE Inc | 1 | $2,016 |
| Abbott | 22 | $1,679 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 15 | $1,404 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $531 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $269 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $236 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $191 |
| Brixton Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $154 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| VGI Medical, LLC | 1 | $126 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $120 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $117 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $54 |
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.
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$3,035
- M22$2,016
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$1,258
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,065
- PROCLAIM$477
- PAINTEQ$236
- Omnia$225
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$224
- Axium Sheath Braided DRG$206
- INTELLIS$193
- Evoke$191
- ETERNA$169
- Neural Ice$158
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$145
- ReActiv8$133
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$132
- mild Device Kit$130
- VerteLoc$126
- SPRINT PNS System$120
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$118
How this compares
Too few pain medicine providers in Hawaiito place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pain medicine in Lihue
- Daniel ChoiKoloa$35K
- Jeffrey WangHonolulu$32K
- Troy TadaHonolulu$18K
- Peter VuTripler Army Medical Center$15K
- Eric SunHonolulu$6K
- Nicholas TinkhamTripler Army Medical Center$6K
- Louis PauHonolulu$4K
- Nicholas MuraokaHonolulu$2K
- Daniel BurdickHonolulu$994
- Alexander PastinoTripler Amc$639
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.