Mehras Akhavan, MD
Pain Medicine · Sherman Oaks, CANPI 1497817332
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 25 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 28.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $226 and has fallen 91.0% since, to $20 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for pain medicine clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $1,829.
Across 25 payments — averaging $22.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$155
- Lilly USA, LLC$80
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$45
- Amgen$35
- AbbVie$32
- Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.$23
- plus $184 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$554100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 6 | $155 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $80 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Amgen | 1 | $35 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $32 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| GSK | 1 | $22 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $21 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$554 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 840 pain medicine providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Epolamine | 25 | $11,657 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 148 | $2,991 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 90 | $2,034 |
| Celecoxib | 24 | $1,086 |
| Pregabalin | 28 | $886 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 26 | $767 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 36 | $569 |
| Gabapentin | 41 | $543 |
| Methocarbamol | 29 | $498 |
| Methadone Hcl | 31 | $462 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 34 | $343 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 28 | $272 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 48 | $226 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 13 | $204 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 13 | $100 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Sherman Oaks
- Jason PopeSanta Rosa$2.1M
- Ramana NaiduLarkspur$1.4M
- Foead GeulaStudio City$1.3M
- Krishnan ChakravarthyTemecula$1.3M
- Kasra AmirdelfanWalnut Creek$783K
- Eric GrigsbyNapa$499K
- Jacqueline WeisbeinNapa$494K
- Gerald SacksSanta Monica$389K
- Samir ShethRoseville$356K
- Einar OttestadStanford$352K
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.