Nader Helmi, DO
Pain Medicine · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1932376407
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (57.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 63.5% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $9,140 and has fallen 88.2% since, to $1,080 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in NV 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 275 payments — averaging $89.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$16K
- Abbott$5K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$490
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$155
- Pfizer$137
- plus $898 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,05357%
- Travel & lodging$1,9028%
- Food & beverage$8,62035%
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 | 28 | $15,609 |
| Abbott | 178 | $5,397 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 16 | $1,890 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $490 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $155 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $137 |
| Stryker | 2 | $136 |
| Vertex | 2 | $134 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $111 |
| Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $57 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $57 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $48 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $45 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $25 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $10 |
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$14,493
- Superion ISS$1,478
- Penta SCS Leads$545
- PENTA$415
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$329
- PROCLAIM$312
- Intracept$311
- ETERNA$239
- Prodigy Family of SCS IPGs$148
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$146
- Axium INS DRG IPG$132
- Octrode SCS Leads$131
- OCTRODE$114
- JOURNAVX$107
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$107
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$105
How this compares
$24,575 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 101 pain medicine providers in Nevada.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 100 | $1,637 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 46 | $1,493 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 56 | $962 |
| Pregabalin | 26 | $482 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 69 | $423 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 29 | $380 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 17 | $374 |
| Celecoxib | 23 | $255 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 15 | $247 |
| Methocarbamol | 11 | $214 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 22 | $199 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $196 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 16 | $141 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $114 |
| Meloxicam | 34 | $103 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Las Vegas
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- Sungkook ParkLas Vegas$20K
- Pouya MohajerLas Vegas$17K
- David AlvaradoLas Vegas$15K
- Okwuchukwu ObiLas Vegas$15K
- Christopher FisherLas Vegas$13K
- Andrew KimLas Vegas$11K
- Neville CampbellLas Vegas$11K
- Heerak KangLas Vegas$11K
- Ruben AlexanderLas Vegas$10K
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.