Nikhil Verma
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Columbus, OHNPI 1487041232
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (42.1%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.6%. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $7,959 and has fallen 76.0% since, to $1,911 in 2025. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 244 payments — averaging $97.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- MML US, Inc.$6K
- Terumo BCT, Inc.$5K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$2K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- plus $5K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,25022%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1331%
- Travel & lodging$8,33735%
- Food & beverage$9,98842%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MML US, Inc. | 48 | $5,592 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 2 | $5,259 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 29 | $2,824 |
| Boston Scientific | 66 | $2,289 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 20 | $1,691 |
| Nevro Corp. | 21 | $1,520 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 7 | $1,295 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 6 | $1,266 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 9 | $485 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $466 |
| Curonix LLC | 8 | $374 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 3 | $208 |
| Abbott | 4 | $117 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $53 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $25 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 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.
- HARVEST BMAC$5,250
- ReActiv8$4,394
- Evoke SCS$2,022
- Intracept$1,309
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,279
- Iovera$1,128
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$894
- Omnia$605
- Senza$278
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$274
- mild Device Kit$225
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$201
- VECTRIS$199
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$188
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$164
- Zilretta$111
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$106
How this compares
$23,708 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 | 98 | $906 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $864 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 82 | $675 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 48 | $558 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 15 | $341 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $251 |
| Meloxicam | 25 | $43 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $42 |
| Prednisone | 19 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Columbus
- Jeffrey StrakowskiColumbus$59K
- Caitlin StuberColumbus$33K
- Robert PerkinsColumbus$13K
- Jonathan PedrickColumbus$4K
- Albert ClairmontColumbus$2K
- Timothy HakeColumbus$2K
- Michael BariaLewis Center$175K
- Kathryn MosherAkron$121K
- Marc OrlandoCincinnati$114K
- Aileen PadillaPerrysburg$73K
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.