RxDoctor Payments Data

Louis Pau, MD

Pain Medicine · Honolulu, HINPI 1558311498

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 146 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 45.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $967 and has fallen 60.1% since, to $386 in 2025.

$4,295in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 146 payments — averaging $29.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Abbott$2K
  • Biotronik NRO, Inc.$619
  • Amgen$459
  • Boston Scientific$349
  • Radius Health, Inc.$274
  • Medtronic$209
  • plus $436 from 3 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$4,295100%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Abbott68$1,948
Biotronik NRO, Inc.21$619
Amgen18$459
Boston Scientific11$349
Radius Health, Inc.10$274
Medtronic(2 entities)13$209
Nevro Corp.3$174
MML US, Inc.1$136
Si-bone, Inc.1$126

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

Too few pain medicine providers in Hawaiito place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.

Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$470,580
Medicare patients
356
Services billed
12,464

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
TymlosAbaloparatide31$89,440
ProliaDenosumab22$39,328
Duloxetine Hcl123$7,509
Celecoxib59$3,592
Alendronate Sodium151$3,497
Gabapentin91$3,089
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen76$2,257
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen56$1,523
Oxycodone Hcl58$1,093
Tramadol Hcl89$1,021
Pregabalin37$1,002
Morphine Sulfate26$865
Diclofenac Sodium11$787
Tizanidine Hcl36$674
Cephalexin58$605

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Radius Health, Inc.Tymlos$274$89,44031 claims
AmgenProlia$459$39,32822 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. There are too few pain medicine providers in Hawaiion file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.

Other pain medicine in Honolulu

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