Michael Depalma, MD
Pain Medicine · Richmond, VANPI 1295772457
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $11,738 of the $16,946 with a category attached, or 69.3%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 53.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $8,680 and has fallen 96.1% since, to $338 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in VA 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 67 payments — averaging $252.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$9K
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$4K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$1K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$1K
- Biocompatibles, Inc.$900
- Boston Scientific$717
- plus $154 from 4 others
Across 128 payments — averaging $7425.77 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.
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$535K
- Mesoblast, Inc.$117K
- Novartis$114K
- Avanos Medical$100K
- Seikagaku Corporation$55K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$22K
- plus $7K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,73869%
- Travel & lodging$3,27619%
- Food & beverage$1,93311%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 35 | $8,981 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $3,713 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 5 | $1,347 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 8 | $1,134 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 1 | $900 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $717 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $22 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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
$16,946 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 150 pain medicine providers in Virginia.
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.
Other pain medicine in Richmond
- Aniroodh ReddyRichmond$10K
- Ziv RechanyRichmond$9K
- Denise LesterRichmond$9K
- Chheany UngRoanoke$198K
- Daniel KendallMc Lean$100K
- Steven GershonVirginia Beach$78K
- Jared DavisFishersville$45K
- Nameer HaiderWoodbridge$36K
- Lynn KohanCharlottesville$30K
- George BaylorSalem$24K
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.