Sharron Thompson
Pain Medicine · Rancho Mirage, CANPI 1669462883
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,497 of the $3,507 with a category attached, or 71.2%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 43.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,251 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $46 in 2024.
Across 111 payments — averaging $31.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$364
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$173
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$170
- Nevro Corp.$157
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$149
- plus $987 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$95627%
- Food & beverage$2,49771%
- Education$532%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 30 | $1,507 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 6 | $364 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 20 | $173 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $170 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $157 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 8 | $149 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $143 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $140 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 5 | $136 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $123 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $61 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $51 |
| Stryker | 1 | $41 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $34 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $33 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $33 |
| Amgen | 2 | $29 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 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.
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$1,109
- Superion ISS$225
- MOVANTIK$125
- NURTEC ODT$124
- UBRELVY$123
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$109
- AJOVY$104
How this compares
$3,507 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 840 pain medicine providers in California.
Other pain medicine in Rancho Mirage
- Jason PopeSanta Rosa$2.1M
- Ramana NaiduLarkspur$1.4M
- Foead GeulaStudio City$1.3M
- Krishnan ChakravarthyTemecula$1.3M
- Kasra AmirdelfanWalnut Creek$783K
- Eric GrigsbyNapa$499K
- Jacqueline WeisbeinNapa$494K
- Gerald SacksSanta Monica$389K
- Samir ShethRoseville$356K
- Einar OttestadStanford$352K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.