Kulbir Walia, MD
Pain Medicine · Shrewsbury, NJNPI 1982690715
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,310 of the $2,989 with a category attached, or 77.3%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vertos Medical, Inc. at 28.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,275 and has fallen 68.6% since, to $401 in 2025.
Across 50 payments — averaging $59.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$845
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$337
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$271
- Abbott$150
- Pfizer$145
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$143
- plus $1K from 17 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $4000.00 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.
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$67923%
- Food & beverage$2,31077%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 8 | $845 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $337 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $271 |
| Abbott | 3 | $150 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $145 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $143 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 2 | $118 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $107 |
| Vertex | 1 | $95 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $89 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $81 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $78 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $71 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $64 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $62 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $26 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- mild Device Kit$604
- SPRINT PNS System$180
- Qutenza$159
- Invictus MIS$143
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$127
How this compares
$2,989 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 256 pain medicine providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 228 | $4,335 |
| Lidocaine | 47 | $2,631 |
| Gabapentin | 137 | $2,082 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 63 | $950 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 39 | $705 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 72 | $687 |
| Celecoxib | 35 | $633 |
| Methylprednisolone | 90 | $576 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 85 | $472 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 39 | $301 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 26 | $235 |
| Naproxen | 21 | $227 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 26 | $156 |
| Meloxicam | 27 | $92 |
| Ibuprofen | 18 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Shrewsbury
- Sean LiShrewsbury$1.2M
- Peter StaatsShrewsbury$286K
- Matthias WiederholzLawrenceville$853K
- Todd StitikNewark$370K
- Warren GraceEdison$158K
- Caitlin InnerfieldHaddonfield$97K
- Anson MoiseEnglewood$78K
- Pavli DemianSomerset$65K
- Dipan PatelClifton$50K
- Matthew LesneskiMount Laurel$47K
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.