Scott Small
Interventional Pain Medicine · Irvine, CANPI 1700047669
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,629 of the $7,924 with a category attached, or 83.6%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 37.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,254 and has fallen 72.0% since, to $630 in 2025.
Across 174 payments — averaging $45.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$1K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- Nevro Corp.$414
- MML US, Inc.$341
- Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.$339
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,29616%
- Food & beverage$6,62984%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 65 | $3,005 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 24 | $1,454 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 15 | $1,078 |
| Nevro Corp. | 9 | $414 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $341 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 33 | $339 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $284 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $284 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $262 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 2 | $107 |
| Stryker | 2 | $74 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $69 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $36 |
| Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| International Rehabilitative Sciences, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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$1,556
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,044
- PROCLAIM$530
- ReActiv8$341
- ETERNA$295
- RESTORE$244
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$176
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$118
How this compares
$7,924 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 188 interventional pain medicine providers in California.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 143 | $1,826 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 101 | $1,794 |
| Ascomp With CodeineCodeine/Butalbital/Asa/Caffein | 11 | $1,353 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 32 | $847 |
| Celecoxib | 29 | $780 |
| Omeprazole | 48 | $518 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 13 | $497 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 30 | $338 |
| Ibuprofen | 34 | $310 |
| Methocarbamol | 15 | $263 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 36 | $225 |
| Pregabalin | 14 | $215 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 45 | $151 |
| Naproxen | 18 | $103 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 22 | $73 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Irvine
- Hasan BaddayIrvine$6K
- Michael Verdolinla Mesa$507K
- Tim LeierRancho Mirage$449K
- Jonathan GrossmanVisalia$404K
- Kasra MaasumiRancho Santa Margarita$388K
- Andrew GermanovichRancho Mirage$333K
- David LeeYorba Linda$257K
- Standiford HelmOrange$254K
- Patrick BuchananCamarillo$219K
- Chau VuSanta Rosa$141K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.