George Johnston, DO
Interventional Pain Medicine · Medford, ORNPI 1891757464
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (34.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 60.8% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $7,002 and has fallen 91.7% since, to $578 in 2025.
Across 340 payments — averaging $40.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$8K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$839
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$819
- MML US, Inc.$254
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$252
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,60033%
- Travel & lodging$4,04029%
- Food & beverage$4,79335%
- Education$4513%
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 | 218 | $8,442 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 9 | $2,223 |
| Abbott | 16 | $839 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 11 | $819 |
| MML US, Inc. | 7 | $254 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 30 | $252 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $194 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 5 | $185 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 3 | $121 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $78 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $71 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $26 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $25 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $17 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $14 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $13 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
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.
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$4,600
- Superion ISS$1,983
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,710
- Intracept$717
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$451
- ReActiv8$128
How this compares
$13,884 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 22 interventional pain medicine providers in Oregon.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 37 | $440 |
| Methadone Hcl | 11 | $261 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $226 |
| Pregabalin | 14 | $163 |
| Pramipexole DihydrochloridePramipexole Di-Hcl | 13 | $60 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 21 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Medford
- Caroline CapitanoMedford$12
- Gregory MooreEugene$377K
- Gregory PhillipsEugene$50K
- Stephen PeirceEugene$28K
- Rishi VoraEugene$16K
- Poly ChenSalem$14K
- Kwo Wei HoTigard$13K
- Carl BalogPortland$12K
- Joseph DunnEugene$10K
- Donna MorganEugene$9K
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.