Prathima Anandi, MD
Pain Medicine · Shreveport, LANPI 1750842290
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $13,333 of the $19,253 with a category attached, or 69.3%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 54.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $12,061 and has fallen 92.7% since, to $884 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in LA 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 79 payments — averaging $243.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$11K
- Boston Scientific$7K
- Curonix LLC$306
- Nevro Corp.$293
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$287
- Abbott$165
- plus $697 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$13,33369%
- Travel & lodging$3,19617%
- Food & beverage$2,72414%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 9 | $10,514 |
| Boston Scientific | 18 | $6,990 |
| Curonix LLC | 5 | $306 |
| Nevro Corp. | 7 | $293 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 8 | $287 |
| Abbott | 5 | $165 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $142 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $141 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 4 | $100 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Vertex | 4 | $64 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $60 |
| Stryker | 1 | $50 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- SYNCHROMEDII$10,000
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$5,319
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$288
- Evoke SCS$137
- Senza$133
- QULIPTA$125
- ETERNA$110
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$108
How this compares
$19,253 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 97 pain medicine providers in Louisiana.
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 | 62 | $998 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 21 | $673 |
| Pregabalin | 46 | $618 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $467 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 18 | $450 |
| Methocarbamol | 33 | $361 |
| Baclofen | 22 | $219 |
| Meloxicam | 37 | $128 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Shreveport
- Raju BeharaShreveport$9K
- Azem ChamiShreveport$9K
- Sudarshan TangaShreveport$4K
- Varsha AllampalliShreveport$3K
- Thomas MyersMandeville$118K
- Alan KayeNew Orleans$76K
- Derrick DeanTerrytown$68K
- Hazem EissaNew Orleans$50K
- Robert OwensNew Orleans$47K
- Gassan ChaibanLake Charles$30K
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.