Robert Bolash
Pain Medicine · Cleveland, OHNPI 1700059458
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $97,090 of the $154,168 with a category attached, or 63.0%. Pfizer accounts for 78.5% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $62,893 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $391 in 2024. Among pain medicine 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 106 payments — averaging $1454.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$121K
- Lilly USA, LLC$14K
- Tersera Therapeutics LLC$5K
- Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- plus $7K from 15 others
Across 106 payments — averaging $4641.52 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.
- Boston Scientific$457K
- Abbott$29K
- Medtronic$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$97,09063%
- Speaking & faculty fees$48,64932%
- Grants$750%
- Travel & lodging$4,5493%
- Food & beverage$3,8042%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 20 | $121,097 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $14,130 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 7 | $4,896 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $2,922 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 16 | $2,430 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $1,671 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $1,609 |
| Eli Lilly | 8 | $1,537 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $900 |
| Nevro Corp. | 14 | $850 |
| BD | 2 | $731 |
| ZOLL Medical Corporation | 1 | $331 |
| Abbott | 2 | $257 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $197 |
| Flowonix Medical Incorporated | 1 | $130 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $22 |
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.
- PRIALT$4,649
- DSUVIA$2,922
- SYNCHROMED$1,652
- LUCEMYRA$1,500
- SUPERION$1,217
- EXPAREL$900
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$483
- INTELLIS$273
- Octrode SCS Leads$140
- Prometra II$130
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$118
- Cios Fusion$112
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$110
- Intracept$108
How this compares
$154,168 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 245 pain medicine providers in Ohio.
Other pain medicine in Cleveland
- Nagy MekhailCleveland$511K
- Aman UpadhyayCleveland$40K
- Salim HayekCleveland$34K
- Trishul KapoorCleveland$33K
- Edward CovingtonCleveland$25K
- Jianguo ChengCleveland$23K
- Kush GoyalCleveland$22K
- Jacob EzellCleveland$12K
- Jijun XuCleveland$10K
- Riad LahamCleveland$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.