Joseph Savino, MD
Pain Medicine · Medford, ORNPI 1376535302
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (32.9%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Surgentec accounts for 71.6% of it on its own, with 31 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $25,980, 5.0 times the $5,209 reported in 2019. Among pain medicine clinicians in OR 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 550 payments — averaging $171.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Surgentec$68K
- Boston Scientific$8K
- Medtronic$4K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$2K
- plus $7K from 26 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $49,932 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$148K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$950
- Flowonix Medical Incorporated$750
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$31,09933%
- Consulting fees$22,01323%
- Travel & lodging$28,55430%
- Food & beverage$12,34913%
- Education$5011%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Surgentec | 9 | $67,697 |
| Boston Scientific | 297 | $8,180 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 30 | $4,055 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 9 | $2,641 |
| Abbott | 32 | $2,409 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 17 | $2,266 |
| Nevro Corp. | 12 | $1,273 |
| Curonix LLC | 11 | $1,104 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 5 | $1,070 |
| Painteq LLC | 5 | $886 |
| Avanos Medical | 4 | $680 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 38 | $350 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 26 | $330 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 5 | $268 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 8 | $251 |
| MML US, Inc. | 5 | $231 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 4 | $174 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 6 | $146 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 5 | $115 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $78 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $55 |
| Amgen | 3 | $52 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $17 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Globus Medical | 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.
- TiLink$54,905
- ION Facet Screw System$12,756
- ION Facet Screw$12,352
- Intracept$6,334
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$3,189
- Superion ISS$2,421
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$1,484
- Proclaim IPG$1,107
- Iovera$1,014
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$848
- PAINTEQ$836
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$711
- GENERATOR$639
- Architect i2000SR Analyser System$567
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$531
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$459
- 3D GraftRasp System$439
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$288
- ENTRADA$157
- mild Device Kit$138
How this compares
$94,515 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 57 pain medicine providers in Oregon.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 16 | $398 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 18 | $368 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $331 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $230 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 13 | $29 |
| Lorazepam | 12 | $6 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Medford
- Shawn SillsMedford$28K
- Brett QuaveMedford$12K
- Alan HsuMedford$5K
- Vishal KhemlaniTualatin$338K
- Robert HerosTualatin$299K
- Kimberly MauerPortland$59K
- Stuart RosenblumPortland$31K
- Andrew OhPortland$30K
- Adrian AnthonyGresham$28K
- Adam KempEugene$28K
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.