Joshua Kaufman, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · New Orleans, LANPI 1457300246
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $5,580 of the $7,900 with a category attached, or 70.6%. Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. accounts for 84.5% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,668 and has fallen 97.7% since, to $153 in 2025. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 92 payments — averaging $85.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.$7K
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$602
- Nevro Corp.$125
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$95
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$94
- Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc.$43
- plus $266 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,58071%
- Travel & lodging$5777%
- Food & beverage$1,74322%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 28 | $6,675 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 32 | $602 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $125 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 7 | $95 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $94 |
| Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $36 |
| Abbott | 1 | $31 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $26 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$7,900 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 117 physical medicine & rehabilitation 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZtlidoLidocaine | 83 | $34,580 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 1,298 | $23,454 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 964 | $20,285 |
| PercocetOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $19,547 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 13 | $12,375 |
| Lidocaine | 41 | $4,582 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 390 | $3,115 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 74 | $2,933 |
| Gabapentin | 150 | $1,869 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 216 | $1,681 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 111 | $1,545 |
| Fentanyl | 12 | $1,078 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 34 | $839 |
| Pregabalin | 54 | $526 |
| Celecoxib | 27 | $351 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido | $602 | $34,58083 claims |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Belbuca | $95 | $12,37513 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 117 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Louisiana.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in New Orleans
- Eric FinckeNew Orleans$9K
- Casey MurphyNew Orleans$8K
- Brandon HicksNew Orleans$7K
- Ariean Loo-HernandezNew Orleans$4K
- Jonathan FinneyNew Orleans$2K
- Jeffrey WatkinsNew Orleans$2K
- Michael ConnorsNew Orleans$1K
- Zachary RichardNew Orleans$880
- Ethan RaultNew Orleans$707
- Lindsay ElliottNew Orleans$646
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.