James Wages, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Shreveport, LANPI 1447561857
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,808 of the $3,310 with a category attached, or 84.8%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 32.0% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional pain medicine clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $4,761.
Across 126 payments — averaging $26.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$356
- Abbott$320
- Medtronic$234
- Curonix LLC$180
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$172
- plus $990 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$50215%
- Food & beverage$2,80885%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 22 | $1,058 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 15 | $356 |
| Abbott | 11 | $320 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $234 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $180 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 10 | $172 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 3 | $161 |
| Globus Medical | 11 | $161 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $148 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $120 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $120 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Amgen | 3 | $45 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$641
- ETERNA$148
- Senza$130
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$129
How this compares
$3,310 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 57 interventional pain medicine providers in Louisiana.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 1,407 | $29,105 |
| Pregabalin | 280 | $9,962 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 173 | $4,126 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 165 | $3,730 |
| Gabapentin | 378 | $3,656 |
| Fentanyl | 23 | $1,864 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 44 | $1,236 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 164 | $1,065 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 168 | $997 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 95 | $858 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 32 | $723 |
| Celecoxib | 59 | $683 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 12 | $235 |
| Baclofen | 23 | $182 |
| Methocarbamol | 23 | $99 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Shreveport
- John CefaluShreveport$71K
- William WhyteShreveport$39K
- Randall BrewerShreveport$19K
- Jefferey AdairShreveport$5K
- Jai MunjampalliShreveport$3K
- Maged GuirguisNew Orleans$565K
- Suneil JollyKenner$107K
- Steve LeeSlidell$57K
- Paul HubbellMetairie$33K
- Ken EhrhardtHammond$22K
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.