Jason Poston, MD
Pain Medicine · Idaho Falls, IDNPI 1457527772
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.1%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Relievant Medsystems, Inc. at 27.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,677 and has fallen 87.7% since, to $452 in 2025.
Across 391 payments — averaging $27.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Flowonix Medical Incorporated$1K
- Abbott$1K
- Surgentec$757
- Medtronic$714
- plus $1K from 14 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $1024.67 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.
- Boston Scientific$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,46514%
- Travel & lodging$3,40132%
- Food & beverage$5,73654%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 9 | $2,914 |
| Boston Scientific | 122 | $2,109 |
| Flowonix Medical Incorporated | 1 | $1,465 |
| Abbott | 124 | $1,291 |
| Surgentec | 1 | $757 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 51 | $714 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 45 | $470 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 13 | $266 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $180 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $136 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $75 |
| Vertex | 2 | $68 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 4 | $35 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $24 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 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.
- Intracept$5,557
- Prometra II$1,465
- 3D GraftRasp System$757
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$126
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$122
How this compares
$10,602 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 32 pain medicine providers in Idaho.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine | 30 | $7,542 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 12 | $5,628 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 210 | $4,362 |
| Pregabalin | 86 | $3,865 |
| Fentanyl | 37 | $3,473 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 118 | $3,160 |
| Gabapentin | 147 | $2,678 |
| Celecoxib | 38 | $1,871 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 19 | $1,597 |
| Cefadroxil | 70 | $1,032 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 39 | $666 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 91 | $649 |
| Methadone Hcl | 21 | $510 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 43 | $472 |
| Mupirocin | 74 | $411 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Idaho Falls
- Daniel SmithIdaho Falls$11K
- Daric RussellIdaho Falls$10K
- Melanie WoodIdaho Falls$5K
- Barry BeutlerIdaho Falls$234
- Jessica JamesonPost Falls$261K
- Jason WilliamsBoise$177K
- Sandra ThompsonBoise$58K
- Christopher VaughanBoise$26K
- Tyler RoeBurley$10K
- Richard RunyanPocatello$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.