Edward Nelson, MD
Pain Medicine · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1720085459
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 189 payments — averaging $17.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$878
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$622
- Amgen$403
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$196
- Pfizer$193
- Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.$169
- plus $844 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,28499%
- Education$211%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 41 | $878 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 41 | $622 |
| Amgen | 22 | $403 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $196 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $193 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 21 | $169 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 6 | $106 |
| Indivior Inc. | 5 | $96 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 4 | $84 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $81 |
| Novartis | 4 | $58 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $54 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $33 |
| Abbott | 2 | $30 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Orexo US, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,305 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 245 pain medicine providers in Ohio.
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 | 123 | $105,896 |
| Buprenorphine | 65 | $20,653 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 17 | $19,481 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 22 | $15,032 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 584 | $14,692 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 484 | $8,910 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 35 | $7,624 |
| Pregabalin | 144 | $6,147 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 12 | $5,770 |
| ZubsolvBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 11 | $5,611 |
| Gabapentin | 551 | $4,870 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 154 | $3,109 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 44 | $3,082 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 299 | $2,334 |
| Celecoxib | 58 | $2,192 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Belbuca, Xtampza Er | $622 | $111,666135 claims |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USABuprenorphine, Buprenorphine-Naloxone | $33 | $28,277100 claims |
| PfizerNurtec Odt | $193 | $19,48117 claims |
| Orexo US, Inc.Zubsolv | $28 | $5,61111 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 55th percentile of 245 pain medicine providers in Ohio.
Other pain medicine in Cincinnati
- Zeeshan TayebCincinnati$159K
- Aarti SinglaCincinnati$22K
- Daniel JohnsCincinnati$22K
- Gururau SudarshanCincinnati$20K
- Atul ChandokeCincinnati$11K
- Charles BellamyCincinnati$10K
- Laura DevitaCincinnati$9K
- Siu Fung ChanCincinnati$9K
- Shuchita GargCincinnati$7K
- Priyesh MehtaDayton$2.2M
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.