Mitchell Simons
Pain Medicine · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1215003355
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.9% of the total across 508 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 33 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,798 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $25 in 2024.
Across 508 payments — averaging $10.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$875
- Amgen$697
- Pfizer$685
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$479
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$433
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$415
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,442100%
- Education$70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 84 | $875 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 29 | $697 |
| Pfizer | 77 | $685 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 63 | $479 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 27 | $433 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 44 | $415 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 64 | $319 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 36 | $311 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 19 | $273 |
| Novartis | 11 | $146 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $121 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $65 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $57 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 4 | $56 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $40 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $39 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $36 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $30 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $25 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $13 |
| Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- AIMOVIG$231
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$105
How this compares
$5,449 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 245 pain medicine providers in Ohio.
Other pain medicine in Cincinnati
- Aarti SinglaCincinnati$22K
- Daniel JohnsCincinnati$22K
- Gururau SudarshanCincinnati$20K
- Zeeshan TayebCincinnati$17K
- Atul ChandokeCincinnati$11K
- Charles BellamyCincinnati$10K
- Laura DevitaCincinnati$9K
- Siu Fung ChanCincinnati$9K
- Shuchita GargCincinnati$7K
- Alexander EscobarToledo$638K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.