Farayi Mbuvah, MD
Pain Medicine · Myrtle Beach, SCNPI 1306198841
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (57.9%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 50.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,980 and has fallen 72.1% since, to $1,110 in 2025.
Across 195 payments — averaging $55.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$1K
- Boston Scientific$986
- Nevro Corp.$783
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$477
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$341
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$2,50023%
- Travel & lodging$2,08719%
- Food & beverage$6,30058%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 61 | $5,457 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 18 | $1,310 |
| Boston Scientific | 41 | $986 |
| Nevro Corp. | 21 | $783 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $477 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 5 | $341 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 2 | $218 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $158 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $138 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $131 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $125 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $103 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 6 | $95 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Vertex | 1 | $61 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $55 |
| Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $25 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Stryker | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Indivior Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Abbott | 1 | $11 |
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.
- SYNCHROMED$2,500
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$923
- SYNCHROMEDII$825
- SPRINT PNS System$477
- INTELLIS$341
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$302
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$266
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$199
- SUPERION$197
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$174
- HemoSphere$131
- Prolate$130
- Nalocet$130
- ADAPTIVESTIM$127
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$125
- UBRELVY$123
- Omnia$117
- OFIRMEV$103
How this compares
$10,888 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 92 pain medicine providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 115 | $3,696 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 145 | $2,716 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 110 | $1,262 |
| Gabapentin | 97 | $976 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 113 | $823 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 47 | $483 |
| Pregabalin | 42 | $458 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 51 | $374 |
| Methylprednisolone | 58 | $312 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 30 | $295 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 15 | $240 |
| Ibuprofen | 24 | $184 |
| Meloxicam | 52 | $139 |
| Diazepam | 13 | $8 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Myrtle Beach
- Stephen BoatwrightMyrtle Beach$3K
- Phillip SmithGreenville$303K
- Richard KlineConway$104K
- Channing WilloughbyMurrells Inlet$82K
- Michael WarrickSumter$50K
- Daniel AtkinsonGreenville$36K
- Michael WardenFlorence$20K
- Andrew MendelsonCharleston$19K
- Sankeerth ChallagundlaColumbia$15K
- Kevin WalkerGreenville$14K
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.