Hazem Eissa, MD
Pain Medicine · New Orleans, LANPI 1649238734
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $37,920 of the $50,429 with a category attached, or 75.2%. AbbVie accounts for 85.8% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $14,677 and has fallen 86.4% since, to $1,989 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 252 payments — averaging $200.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$43K
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Nevro Corp.$720
- Medtronic$692
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$271
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$37,92075%
- Travel & lodging$3,4557%
- Food & beverage$9,05418%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 133 | $43,256 |
| Abbott | 41 | $1,975 |
| Boston Scientific | 33 | $1,872 |
| Nevro Corp. | 12 | $720 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $692 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $271 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $170 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $166 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $159 |
| Interventional Pain Technologies Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $117 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $113 |
| Stryker | 1 | $47 |
| Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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.
- BOTOX$41,101
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$532
- Senza$386
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$362
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$300
- Prospera$271
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$187
- PROCLAIM$174
- PAINTEQ$166
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$150
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$147
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$145
- ReActiv8$133
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$129
- Qutenza$122
- SPRINT PNS System$121
- Evoke SCS$116
- Proclaim IPG$116
- PRIALT$113
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$112
How this compares
$50,429 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 97 pain medicine providers in Louisiana.
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 | 427 | $12,329 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 323 | $6,980 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 114 | $3,738 |
| Buprenorphine | 17 | $3,519 |
| Pregabalin | 230 | $3,424 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 167 | $2,896 |
| Gabapentin | 80 | $1,623 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 174 | $1,168 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 74 | $948 |
| Baclofen | 47 | $514 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 29 | $343 |
| Methocarbamol | 30 | $305 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 13 | $242 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 15 | $148 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 15 | $86 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in New Orleans
- Alan KayeNew Orleans$76K
- Robert OwensNew Orleans$47K
- Yashar EshraghiNew Orleans$22K
- Aaron Hanyu-DeutmeyerNew Orleans$17K
- Trevor JohnsonNew Orleans$11K
- Eric RoysterNew Orleans$10K
- Lesley WalshNew Orleans$10K
- Alvah WickboldtNew Orleans$7K
- Arya BekhradiNew Orleans$6K
- Reda TolbaNew Orleans$4K
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.