Sharmeen Hussaini, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Rochester, NYNPI 1992156368
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $6,251 of the $9,998 with a category attached, or 62.5%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 33.9% of the total.
Across 117 payments — averaging $85.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$211
- plus $469 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,25163%
- Food & beverage$3,74837%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 53 | $3,388 |
| Abbott | 15 | $1,879 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 8 | $1,638 |
| Stryker | 7 | $1,261 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $1,152 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 4 | $211 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 8 | $174 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $97 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $65 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $26 |
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$5,862
- PROCLAIM$1,364
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$973
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$938
- INTELLIS$775
- ETERNA$160
- SPINEJACK$157
- Evoke SCS$155
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$136
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$121
How this compares
$9,998 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 132 interventional pain medicine providers in New York.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| QutenzaCapsaicin/Skin Cleanser | 12 | $39,337 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 28 | $19,993 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 13 | $10,491 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 387 | $9,484 |
| Gabapentin | 412 | $6,777 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 100 | $3,224 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 232 | $2,841 |
| Pregabalin | 106 | $2,444 |
| Lidocaine | 15 | $2,044 |
| Methocarbamol | 71 | $1,809 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 42 | $1,589 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 50 | $1,547 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 41 | $1,033 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 66 | $954 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 67 | $725 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| GRT US Holding, Inc.Qutenza | $42 | $39,33712 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 75th percentile of 132 interventional pain medicine providers in New York.
Other interventional pain medicine in Rochester
- Hemant KaliaRochester$179K
- Corey HunterNew York$446K
- Neel MehtaNew York$432K
- Martin FerrilloAlbany$164K
- George ChaseKew Gardens$102K
- Kimberly SackheimNew York$102K
- Suelane OuroNew York$68K
- Gerard DegregorisNew York$49K
- Jafar SiddiquiWilliamsville$45K
- Alexander WeingartenSyosset$43K
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.