Lee James, DO
Interventional Pain Medicine · Port Charlotte, FLNPI 1760776876
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $33,250 of the $39,889 with a category attached, or 83.4%. Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC accounts for 85.1% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $29,707, more than ten times the $2,428 reported in 2019. Among interventional pain medicine clinicians in FL 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 164 payments — averaging $243.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC$34K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abbott$426
- Johnson & Johnson$379
- Smith+Nephew$274
- plus $1K from 21 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $1391.67 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.
- Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC$25K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$33,25083%
- Travel & lodging$2,4966%
- Food & beverage$3,85810%
- Entertainment$2851%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 14 | $33,933 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 6 | $2,113 |
| Boston Scientific | 85 | $1,578 |
| Abbott | 6 | $426 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $379 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $274 |
| Painteq LLC | 6 | $252 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 3 | $236 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $159 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $85 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $61 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $57 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Elevation Spine, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $17 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $16 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$39,889 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 278 interventional pain medicine providers in Florida.
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 | 450 | $5,350 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 671 | $3,212 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 123 | $1,266 |
| Pregabalin | 53 | $896 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 112 | $674 |
| Celecoxib | 16 | $639 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 39 | $494 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 63 | $454 |
| Methylprednisolone | 60 | $358 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $224 |
| Ibuprofen | 14 | $183 |
| Meloxicam | 32 | $97 |
| Alprazolam | 29 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Port Charlotte
- Robert BallPort Charlotte$246K
- Louis RasoJupiter$1.3M
- Ajay AntonyGainesville$1.1M
- Michael EspositoVero Beach$777K
- Nomen AzeemRiverview$650K
- Stanley GolovacMerritt Island$367K
- Sunil PanchalLutz$363K
- Justin MannJacksonville$243K
- Giuseppe PaeseBoca Raton$180K
- Miguel de la GarzaNew Port Richey$138K
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.