Neelay Thakkar, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Gahanna, OHNPI 1750708111
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,326 of the $3,846 with a category attached, or 60.5%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Relievant Medsystems, Inc. at 49.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,874 and has fallen 73.6% since, to $494 in 2025.
Across 47 payments — averaging $81.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$672
- Medtronic$467
- Abbott$338
- Nevro Corp.$293
- Vertex$122
- plus $70 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,52040%
- Food & beverage$2,32660%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 10 | $1,885 |
| Boston Scientific | 16 | $672 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $467 |
| Abbott | 4 | $338 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $293 |
| Vertex | 1 | $122 |
| BD | 1 | $32 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Intracept$6,893
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$242
- ETERNA$163
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$144
- Lamitrode SCS Leads$139
- RESTORE$124
- INTELLIS$122
- JOURNAVX$122
How this compares
$3,846 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 332 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Ohio.
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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 | 167 | $2,062 |
| Pregabalin | 30 | $421 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 27 | $349 |
| Meloxicam | 93 | $268 |
| Methylprednisolone | 36 | $212 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 49 | $171 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 22 | $150 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 20 | $121 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $34 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $27 |
| Diazepam | 30 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Gahanna
- Michael BariaLewis Center$175K
- Kathryn MosherAkron$121K
- Marc OrlandoCincinnati$114K
- Aileen PadillaPerrysburg$73K
- Jeffrey StrakowskiColumbus$59K
- Kurt KuhlmanLima$46K
- Francois BethouxCleveland$39K
- Caitlin StuberColumbus$33K
- Francesco SammartinoDublin$32K
- Nikhil VermaColumbus$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.