Joshua Goldner, MD
Pain Medicine · Kent, OHNPI 1811948987
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.9% of the total across 87 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 56.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,036 and has fallen 60.7% since, to $801 in 2025.
Across 87 payments — averaging $86.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$606
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$539
- Si-bone, Inc.$287
- Globus Medical$171
- plus $580 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4636%
- Food & beverage$7,07294%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 41 | $4,269 |
| Nevro Corp. | 11 | $1,084 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 5 | $606 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 9 | $539 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $287 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $171 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $142 |
| Flowonix Medical Incorporated | 1 | $124 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 9 | $111 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $93 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $59 |
| Abbott | 1 | $51 |
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$2,198
- Omnia$479
- mild Device Kit$423
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$422
- StimQ Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US Receiver$422
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$422
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$422
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$422
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$405
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$347
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$282
- Senza$274
- iFuse Implant$147
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$142
- Prometra II$124
How this compares
$7,535 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 245 pain medicine providers in Ohio.
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 | 23 | $535 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Kent
- Alexander EscobarToledo$638K
- Nagy MekhailCleveland$511K
- Henry VuceticWilloughby$509K
- Tammy DannDayton$431K
- Michael DankoLoveland$381K
- Jonathan SilvermanDayton$234K
- Tristan WeaverColumbus$202K
- Robert BolashCleveland$154K
- Dmitri SouzaCuyahoga Falls$61K
- Aman UpadhyayCleveland$40K
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.