Mark Motejunas
Pain Medicine · Lacombe, LANPI 1093165789
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,378 of the $4,178 with a category attached, or 80.9%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 39.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,733 and has fallen 96.1% since, to $67 in 2023.
Across 81 payments — averaging $51.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$442
- Avanos Medical$157
- Nevro Corp.$125
- UCB, Inc.$110
- plus $535 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$80019%
- Food & beverage$3,37881%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 24 | $1,651 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $1,159 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 6 | $442 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $157 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $125 |
| UCB, Inc. | 7 | $110 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $69 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $58 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 3 | $51 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $31 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $30 |
| Merck | 2 | $29 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $24 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 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.
How this compares
$4,178 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 97 pain medicine providers in Louisiana.
Other pain medicine in Lacombe
- Alexander FontenotLacombe$10K
- Thomas MyersMandeville$118K
- Alan KayeNew Orleans$76K
- Derrick DeanTerrytown$68K
- Hazem EissaNew Orleans$50K
- Robert OwensNew Orleans$47K
- Gassan ChaibanLake Charles$30K
- Yashar EshraghiNew Orleans$22K
- Prathima AnandiShreveport$19K
- Jason GremillionBaton Rouge$19K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.