Eric Fincke, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · New Orleans, LANPI 1558820753
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (57.5%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 29.3% of the total. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 113 payments — averaging $83.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$462
- Stryker$356
- Medtronic$340
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,78630%
- Food & beverage$5,41958%
- Education$1,21413%
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 | 24 | $2,757 |
| Nevro Corp. | 12 | $2,247 |
| Abbott | 19 | $1,801 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 19 | $462 |
| Stryker | 6 | $356 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $340 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 4 | $307 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 3 | $182 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 2 | $161 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $156 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $135 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $124 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Vertex | 1 | $15 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
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$1,884
- PROCLAIM$1,108
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$487
- ETERNA$296
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$166
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$150
- COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY$142
- Evoke$135
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$129
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$127
- DURATA$125
- Prospera$122
- XEOMIN$121
- Evoke SCS$119
- BOTOX$107
How this compares
$9,419 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 117 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Louisiana.
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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 | 20 | $5,408 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 259 | $5,380 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 146 | $4,439 |
| Pregabalin | 61 | $905 |
| Gabapentin | 52 | $755 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 50 | $517 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 23 | $387 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 30 | $351 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 37 | $294 |
| Baclofen | 12 | $156 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 19 | $129 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $107 |
| Nabumetone | 12 | $64 |
| Meloxicam | 33 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in New Orleans
- Casey MurphyNew Orleans$8K
- Joshua KaufmanNew Orleans$8K
- Brandon HicksNew Orleans$7K
- Ariean Loo-HernandezNew Orleans$4K
- Jonathan FinneyNew Orleans$2K
- Jeffrey WatkinsNew Orleans$2K
- Michael ConnorsNew Orleans$1K
- Zachary RichardNew Orleans$880
- Ethan RaultNew Orleans$707
- Lindsay ElliottNew Orleans$646
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.