James Deering, MD
Pain Medicine · Charlotte, NCNPI 1043576051
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (49.7%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 60.9% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $35,522, 3.2 times the $10,972 reported in 2019. Among pain medicine clinicians in NC 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 537 payments — averaging $173.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$57K
- Nevro Corp.$12K
- Medtronic$10K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$10K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- Abbott$657
- plus $2K from 21 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $150.01 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.
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$150
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,4006%
- Speaking & faculty fees$46,23850%
- Grants$7,5008%
- Travel & lodging$12,58514%
- Food & beverage$21,35523%
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 | 241 | $56,698 |
| Nevro Corp. | 117 | $12,312 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 45 | $10,333 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 48 | $10,028 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 15 | $1,169 |
| Abbott | 5 | $657 |
| Painteq LLC | 9 | $478 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 6 | $252 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 12 | $183 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $180 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 7 | $119 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 4 | $82 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $38 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $38 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $34 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $34 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Covidien LP | 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.
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$32,752
- SYNCHROMED$7,500
- Evoke$6,400
- Omnia$5,119
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$3,526
- Evoke SCS$3,030
- Intracept$1,821
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$1,270
- INCEPTIV$889
- Senza$828
- ETERNA$645
- RESTORE$509
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$405
- INTELLIS$276
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$266
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$253
- PAINTEQ$183
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$137
- Zilretta$105
How this compares
$93,078 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 182 pain medicine providers in North Carolina.
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 | 29 | $1,641 |
| Celecoxib | 30 | $1,378 |
| Gabapentin | 90 | $1,034 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 20 | $663 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 57 | $590 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 64 | $478 |
| Pregabalin | 24 | $342 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 15 | $202 |
| Meloxicam | 32 | $91 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 15 | $90 |
| Cephalexin | 25 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Charlotte
- Jacob WangCharlotte$162K
- Aashish KumarCharlotte$160K
- Ankur ManvarCharlotte$33K
- Russell DavenportCharlotte$26K
- Gerald AronoffCharlotte$17K
- Raza KhanCharlotte$12K
- Alexander RothkrugCharlotte$10K
- Cameron CunninghamCharlotte$8K
- James NorthWinston Salem$721K
- Leonardo KapuralWinston Salem$523K
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.