Imran Punekar, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · New York, NYNPI 1104354935
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.4% of the total across 111 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 MML US, Inc. at 27.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,213 and has fallen 80.9% since, to $995 in 2025.
Across 111 payments — averaging $84.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- MML US, Inc.$3K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$1K
- Boston Scientific$613
- Choice Spine, LLC$399
- plus $2K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8019%
- Food & beverage$8,56291%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MML US, Inc. | 31 | $2,525 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 19 | $2,126 |
| Medtronic | 20 | $1,044 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 12 | $1,039 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $613 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 2 | $399 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 2 | $352 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $273 |
| Painteq LLC | 3 | $225 |
| Abbott | 4 | $185 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $180 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $138 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $99 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, 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.
- Intracept$6,638
- ReActiv8$1,893
- mild Device Kit$801
- Blackhawk Cervical Spacer System$399
- Thunderbolt Minimally Invasive Pedicle Screw Systems$399
- VEO Lateral Interbody Fusion System$399
- Triton$399
- Stratofuse$399
- Nimbus$352
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$281
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$175
- Senza$174
- PAINTEQ$169
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$138
- Vyrsa V1$138
- Omnia$135
- Accurian$133
- Qutenza$121
How this compares
$9,363 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 132 interventional pain medicine providers in New York.
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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.
Other interventional pain medicine in New York
- Corey HunterNew York$446K
- Neel MehtaNew York$432K
- Kimberly SackheimNew York$102K
- Suelane OuroNew York$68K
- Gerard DegregorisNew York$49K
- Marco PappagalloNew York$36K
- Jason SieffermanNew York$29K
- Barthelemy LiabaudNew York$20K
- Devi NampiaparampilNew York$18K
- Jeffrey DeygooNew York$11K
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.