RxDoctor Payments Data

Emad Bishai

Pain Medicine · Shenandoah, TXNPI 1922062181

Payments from drug & device makers

$12,775in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 329 payments — averaging $38.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Nevro Corp.$5K
  • Abbott$1K
  • Merit Medical Systems Inc$987
  • Boston Scientific$604
  • Stryker$450
  • Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$422
  • plus $5K from 51 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$1,08813%
  • Food & beverage$6,57376%
  • Education$20%
  • Entertainment$250%
  • Other$98711%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Nevro Corp.21$4,633
Abbott13$1,011
Merit Medical Systems Inc1$987
Boston Scientific27$604
Stryker7$450
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.20$422
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.17$390
AbbVie(2 entities)23$348
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.18$323
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.9$231
Novartis13$215
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.14$196
SPR Therapeutics, Inc3$191
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.12$177
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.11$161
Biotronik NRO, Inc.4$161
Brainsway USA Inc1$142
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.9$138
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.9$136
Spinal Simplicity, LLC1$133
Medtronic8$122
Amgen6$122
GRT US Holding, Inc.2$116
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.7$109
Neuronetics, Inc.7$98
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)4$89
Vertiflex, Inc.5$87
Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.7$87
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$86
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.7$71
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC5$71
Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.1$66
Eisai Inc.3$51
MDD US Operations, LLC3$44
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$40
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.2$31
Fidia Pharma USA Inc.2$31
Nalu Medical, Inc.1$30
Dental Health Products, Inc.1$29
Lilly USA, LLC2$29
Harmony Biosciences LLC1$28
Redhill Biopharma Inc.1$26
Flowonix Medical Incorporated1$25
Bioventus LLC1$23
Averitas Pharma Inc.1$21
OWP Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$19
Relievant Medsystems, Inc.1$19
Lundbeck LLC1$18
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc1$18
Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC1$16
Galderma Laboratories, L.p.1$16
Almatica Pharma LLC1$16
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.1$16
Si-bone, Inc.1$16
Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.1$15
Johnson & Johnson1$14
USWM, LLC1$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.

How this compares

$12,775 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 583 pain medicine providers in Texas.

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