Jacob Abraham, MD
Pain Medicine · Hot Springs, ARNPI 1184627226
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (48.1%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vertiflex, Inc. at 37.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,375 and has fallen 83.7% since, to $225 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for pain medicine clinicians in AR, where the typical reported total is $3,271.
Across 41 payments — averaging $85.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertiflex, Inc.$1K
- Abbott$761
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$581
- Globus Medical$208
- Abiomed$182
- Baudax Bio Inc.$56
- plus $401 from 14 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $11,649 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$75021%
- Travel & lodging$1,68248%
- Food & beverage$1,06831%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 5 | $1,310 |
| Abbott | 2 | $761 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $581 |
| Globus Medical | 9 | $208 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $182 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $54 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $51 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $31 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Stryker | 1 | $23 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
| Vertex | 1 | $16 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $16 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Superion ISS$1,225
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$750
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$551
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$551
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$551
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$551
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$551
- Impella$182
- Senza$101
How this compares
$3,499 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 53 pain medicine providers in Arkansas.
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 | 174 | $7,216 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 71 | $2,291 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 56 | $1,882 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 28 | $507 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 13 | $434 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Hot Springs
- Donald CrabtreeHot Springs$3K
- Stephen PaulusLittle Rock$75K
- Mark MiedemaFayetteville$35K
- George ArcosConway$30K
- George DeimelFayetteville$26K
- Julio OlayaLittle Rock$22K
- Maria Lyuksyutova-PriceMountain Home$19K
- Daniel JudkinsConway$17K
- Sheffield KentConway$16K
- Christopher MocekLittle Rock$10K
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.