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Nabil Ahmad, MD

Pain Medicine · Saint Louis, MONPI 1316908155

Payments from drug & device makers

$20,902in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 738 payments — averaging $28.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$3K
  • Spinal Simplicity, LLC$2K
  • Medtronic$2K
  • Abbott$2K
  • Vertos Medical, Inc.$1K
  • Nalu Medical, Inc.$997
  • plus $9K from 50 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$3,56617%
  • Food & beverage$15,81776%
  • Education$1,5197%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)177$2,603
Spinal Simplicity, LLC10$2,385
Medtronic(2 entities)61$2,233
Abbott59$1,751
Vertos Medical, Inc.9$1,451
Nalu Medical, Inc.19$997
Stimwave Technologies Incorporated9$677
Nevro Corp.6$673
Curonix LLC7$623
Pfizer34$533
Amgen(2 entities)27$465
Globus Medical6$446
SPR Therapeutics, Inc9$439
IBSA Pharma Inc.22$396
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.24$394
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.19$377
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC15$370
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.20$352
Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.35$305
Lilly USA, LLC19$299
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.12$243
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.14$218
Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC7$212
Boston Scientific6$192
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.12$181
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.15$164
Novartis5$163
Zimvie Inc.1$139
Averitas Pharma Inc.3$137
MML US, Inc.3$128
Painteq LLC7$122
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.6$119
Si-bone, Inc.4$100
Tersera Therapeutics LLC5$93
Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC5$89
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$87
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.5$82
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC4$77
Antares Pharma, Inc.1$75
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.3$70
GRT US Holding, Inc.3$62
Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc.4$58
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.3$45
Fidia Pharma USA Inc.2$38
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC2$34
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.2$29
Bioventus LLC1$27
Relievant Medsystems, Inc.1$24
AstraZeneca2$23
Stratus Medical, LLC2$20
Lundbeck LLC1$17
Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.1$15
Vertex1$15
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$14
Stryker1$14
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.1$7

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

$20,902 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 124 pain medicine providers in Missouri.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$309,596
Medicare patients
336
Services billed
8,309

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
NucyntaTapentadol Hcl13$21,545
BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl24$19,749
BotoxOnabotulinumtoxina12$16,457
MounjaroTirzepatide14$14,375
Lidocaine39$6,664
Gabapentin276$5,382
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen179$4,503
Pregabalin129$4,258
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen145$2,953
Buprenorphine12$2,517
SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate11$2,480
Celecoxib44$1,585
Tramadol Hcl158$1,399
Tizanidine Hcl135$1,321
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl75$628

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Nucynta, Belbuca$394$41,29337 claims
AbbVieBotox$2,603$16,45712 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro$299$14,37514 claims
AstraZenecaSymbicort$23$2,48011 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$34$13528 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 124 pain medicine providers in Missouri.

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