Richard Boortz-Marx
Pain Medicine · Durham, NCNPI 1033113881
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (31.7%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 47.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $9,530 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $56 in 2025.
Across 109 payments — averaging $170.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$9K
- Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.$6K
- MDD US Operations, LLC$2K
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$324
- Nevro Corp.$304
- Pfizer$260
- plus $2K from 10 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $825.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,60030%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,83326%
- Travel & lodging$2,12711%
- Food & beverage$5,89832%
- Entertainment$1251%
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(2 entities) | 59 | $8,771 |
| Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. | 3 | $5,600 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 13 | $1,730 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $324 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $304 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $260 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 5 | $230 |
| Abbott | 3 | $225 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $191 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $165 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $152 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $133 |
| Bioness Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $111 |
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.
- RESTORE$5,733
- Lucemyra/Lofexidine$1,394
- ADAPTIVESTIM$856
- INTELLIS$653
- SYNCHROMED$288
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$285
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$174
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$162
- EXPAREL$152
- Evoke$140
- Stimrouter for pain$125
- AJOVY$122
- DSUVIA$100
- PRIALT$100
How this compares
$18,583 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 182 pain medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other pain medicine in Durham
- James NorthWinston Salem$721K
- Leonardo KapuralWinston Salem$523K
- Christopher GilmoreWinston Salem$457K
- Richard RauckWinston Salem$431K
- Courtney AumanJacksonville$186K
- Jacob WangCharlotte$162K
- Aashish KumarCharlotte$160K
- Javid BakshAsheville$116K
- David ZubLeland$97K
- James DeeringCharlotte$93K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.