Matthew Vasko, MD
Pain Medicine · Saint Clair Shores, MINPI 1275845588
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vertiflex, Inc. at 53.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,268 and has fallen 77.3% since, to $514 in 2024.
Across 42 payments — averaging $92.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertiflex, Inc.$2K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$1K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$235
- Nevro Corp.$221
- Abbott$138
- Medtronic$77
- plus $30 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,92850%
- Food & beverage$1,95750%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 16 | $2,075 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 10 | $1,110 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $235 |
| Nevro Corp. | 7 | $221 |
| Abbott | 1 | $138 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $77 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 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.
- Superion ISS$1,612
- mild Device Kit$1,091
- Evoke$143
- PROCLAIM$138
How this compares
$3,885 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 139 pain medicine providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 583 | $6,732 |
| Gabapentin | 269 | $2,584 |
| Fentanyl | 24 | $2,338 |
| Buprenorphine | 11 | $2,327 |
| Pregabalin | 117 | $1,953 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 13 | $1,907 |
| Lidocaine | 16 | $1,392 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 54 | $895 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 90 | $589 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 45 | $588 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 15 | $516 |
| Methocarbamol | 56 | $380 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 24 | $302 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 40 | $107 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Saint Clair Shores
- Harry SukumaranRochester Hills$304K
- Nasir KhatriFlint$133K
- Yijia ChuGrand Rapids$88K
- Mark MounayerSouthfield$85K
- Jeffrey RosenbergCanton$44K
- Alexander TurfeWyandotte$41K
- Kendall GroseWyandotte$26K
- Craig HartrickRoyal Oak$26K
- Patrick ForrestAnn Arbor$23K
- Anmar DalatiDetroit$23K
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.