Sreenadha Vattam, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Sherman, TXNPI 1427082171
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.6% of the total across 206 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 45.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,868 and has fallen 75.7% since, to $455 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional pain medicine clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $6,464.
Across 206 payments — averaging $27.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$493
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$389
- Curonix LLC$362
- Medtronic$283
- Vertiflex, Inc.$274
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4768%
- Food & beverage$5,22292%
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 | 119 | $2,603 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 13 | $493 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 4 | $389 |
| Curonix LLC | 3 | $362 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $283 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 13 | $274 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $184 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 12 | $177 |
| Abbott | 5 | $174 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 2 | $133 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 7 | $132 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $123 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $86 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $66 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 1 | $55 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
| Flowonix Medical Incorporated | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Evoke$289
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$264
- mild Device Kit$184
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$144
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$144
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$144
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$144
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$144
- CODMAN CERTAS$123
- CUSA CLARITY$123
- DURAGEN DURAL GRAFT MATRIX$123
- DURASEAL EXACT SPINAL SEALANT SYSTEM$123
- HAKIM$123
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$102
How this compares
$5,698 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 287 interventional pain medicine providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 3,112 | $90,689 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 32 | $37,156 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 508 | $13,533 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 58 | $11,749 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 285 | $5,035 |
| Gabapentin | 280 | $2,884 |
| Pregabalin | 179 | $2,165 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 82 | $1,338 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 60 | $703 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 18 | $658 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 62 | $423 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 24 | $345 |
| Baclofen | 29 | $280 |
| Cephalexin | 46 | $236 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 29 | $202 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Sherman
- Gabor RaczLubbock$3M
- Pankaj MehtaKilleen$2.1M
- Chad StephensSouthlake$1M
- Ankur KhoslaShenandoah$277K
- Brian RichDecatur$245K
- Brian BruelHouston$219K
- Bolkar SahinlerLubbock$188K
- Timothy RatinoFort Worth$139K
- Genaro GutierrezAustin$125K
- Thomas WhiteShenandoah$118K
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.