Ferheen Shamim, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · North Bergen, NJNPI 1659683894
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.6%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated at 28.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $651, more than ten times the $15 reported in 2019.
Across 46 payments — averaging $50.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$651
- Avanos Medical$371
- AbbVie$302
- Curonix LLC$295
- Stratus Medical, LLC$153
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$97
- plus $434 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,07947%
- Food & beverage$1,18852%
- Education$372%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $651 |
| Avanos Medical | 4 | $371 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $302 |
| Curonix LLC | 3 | $295 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $153 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 7 | $97 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $96 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $48 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Orthosensor Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 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.
How this compares
$2,303 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 434 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in New Jersey.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 16 | $195 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $78 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Joseph IbrahimBayonne$50K
- Steven KirshblumWest Orange$47K
- Joseph ValenzaChester$29K
- Christine GreissEdison$28K
- Bianca MartinezManasquan$25K
- Jason SmithCedar Knolls$19K
- Sandeep RathiLakewood$14K
- Anand PooleriCamden$13K
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.