Faris Abusharif
Pain Medicine · Orland Park, ILNPI 1437268034
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Spinefrontier, Inc. at 46.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,560 and has fallen 86.1% since, to $633 in 2025.
Across 193 payments — averaging $44.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spinefrontier, Inc.$4K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medtronic$983
- AbbVie$776
- Pfizer$254
- Nevro Corp.$240
- plus $811 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,05036%
- Travel & lodging$1,22214%
- Food & beverage$4,23650%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spinefrontier, Inc. | 4 | $3,937 |
| Boston Scientific | 49 | $1,505 |
| Medtronic | 14 | $983 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 55 | $776 |
| Pfizer | 16 | $254 |
| Nevro Corp. | 12 | $240 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 8 | $133 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $111 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $90 |
| Abbott | 3 | $80 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $53 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Novartis | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $15 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- InSpan$3,937
- SIJ Fuse$3,356
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION$641
- SIJFuse$581
- FacetFuse$581
- NanoFuse$581
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$501
- ADAPTIVESTIM$125
- SUPERION$117
How this compares
$8,508 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 233 pain medicine providers in Illinois.
Other pain medicine in Orland Park
- Ricardo VallejoBloomington$2.3M
- David DickersonEvanston$558K
- Thomas DahlbergRockford$218K
- Steven CohenChicago$217K
- Albert SinghQuincy$212K
- Nirav ShahSkokie$137K
- Ryan KutaNaperville$114K
- Anthony LebarioElgin$87K
- Keith SchmidtHoffman Estates$81K
- Jay HurhLibertyville$71K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.