Lauren Mokris, MD
Pain Medicine · Pinehurst, NCNPI 1801214176
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.6%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Vertos Medical, Inc. accounts for 63.6% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $14,148 and has fallen 96.8% since, to $453 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in NC 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 214 payments — averaging $103.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$14K
- Abbott$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Nevro Corp.$874
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$837
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$154
- plus $832 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,22560%
- Travel & lodging$3,59416%
- Food & beverage$5,31324%
- Education$760%
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. | 11 | $14,118 |
| Abbott | 90 | $3,387 |
| Boston Scientific | 34 | $2,007 |
| Nevro Corp. | 29 | $874 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 8 | $837 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $154 |
| Curonix LLC | 5 | $106 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $93 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $90 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $61 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $43 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $33 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $27 |
| Vertex | 1 | $27 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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$14,069
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$1,211
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$1,093
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$565
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$565
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$565
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$565
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$565
- Protege Family of SCS IPGs$268
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$262
- Intracept$154
- PROCLAIM$126
- Omnia$120
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$113
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$107
How this compares
$22,208 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 182 pain medicine providers in North Carolina.
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 | 186 | $1,614 |
| Lidocaine | 13 | $1,460 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 69 | $1,437 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 47 | $1,231 |
| Pregabalin | 74 | $769 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 56 | $365 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 23 | $237 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $162 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 35 | $132 |
| Baclofen | 15 | $131 |
| Meloxicam | 21 | $103 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $102 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Pinehurst
- James NorthWinston Salem$721K
- Leonardo KapuralWinston Salem$523K
- Christopher GilmoreWinston Salem$457K
- Richard RauckWinston Salem$431K
- Courtney AumanJacksonville$186K
- Jacob WangCharlotte$162K
- Aashish KumarCharlotte$160K
- Javid BakshAsheville$116K
- David ZubLeland$97K
- James DeeringCharlotte$93K
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.