Ikechukwui Eriator, MD
Pain Medicine · Jackson, MSNPI 1992806939
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 60 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 50.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $841 and has fallen 81.5% since, to $156 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for pain medicine clinicians in MS, where the typical reported total is $3,332.
Across 60 payments — averaging $41.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1K
- Boston Scientific$327
- Medtronic$174
- AbbVie$121
- Nevro Corp.$110
- Merck$102
- plus $381 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,475100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 13 | $1,260 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $327 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $174 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $121 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $110 |
| Merck | 6 | $102 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| Novartis | 1 | $42 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $35 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $33 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$477
- Proclaim IPG$468
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$113
How this compares
$2,475 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 48 pain medicine providers in Mississippi.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 21 | $1,183 |
| Nabumetone | 12 | $182 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $141 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 21 | $132 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $125 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Jackson
- Casey OrzechowiczJackson$15K
- Anand PremJackson$13K
- Anesh RugnathJackson$10K
- Carroll McLeodJackson$7K
- Arvind ChandrashekarJackson$4K
- William GusaJackson$2K
- Joel NuttJackson$1K
- Kristen BellJackson$339
- Veronica CarulloJackson$261
- Mansoor HasanJackson$18
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.