Joshua Elkin, MD
Pain Medicine · Prescott, AZNPI 1669976692
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (51.0%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 53.0% of the total.
Across 120 payments — averaging $125.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$8K
- Nevro Corp.$3K
- Surgentec$2K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$957
- Medtronic$373
- AbbVie$274
- plus $408 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,70251%
- Food & beverage$5,01933%
- Education$2,38816%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 60 | $8,008 |
| Nevro Corp. | 12 | $3,130 |
| Surgentec | 1 | $1,957 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 10 | $957 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $373 |
| AbbVie | 19 | $274 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $150 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Stryker | 2 | $54 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Indivior Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$5,973
- Senza$2,662
- TiLink, Ion$1,957
- SPRINT PNS System$729
- OCTRODE$502
- ETERNA$195
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$147
- Omnia$140
- Accurian$103
How this compares
$15,109 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 180 pain medicine providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lidocaine | 45 | $4,474 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 15 | $3,123 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 97 | $3,056 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 67 | $2,642 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 86 | $1,907 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 27 | $1,841 |
| Gabapentin | 115 | $1,389 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 46 | $1,239 |
| Pregabalin | 74 | $889 |
| Fentanyl | 13 | $747 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 24 | $704 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 39 | $589 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 42 | $440 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 24 | $332 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 26 | $254 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Prescott
- Eric CornidezTucson$496K
- Tory McJunkinScottsdale$204K
- Minesh ZaveriPhoenix$187K
- Chad PletnickOro Valley$137K
- Tristan PicoChandler$121K
- Selaiman NooriLake Havasu City$104K
- Christine HaddadPhoenix$98K
- Samir PatelOro Valley$70K
- Vivek IyerScottsdale$70K
- Kirk BowdenMesa$51K
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.